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CHALLENGE: Six word story.

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In honor of the six word story attributed to Earnest Hemingway,
“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
Who wants to give a six word story a shot? Here is mine, although it pales in comparison to Hemingway’s :-)

Love won’t enter this forgotten heart.

(Mine is not a personal reflection, just something expressive and an attempt to communicate large meanings through few words)
I’d love to see what you can come up with!
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Time is the thief of time
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For each step there is another
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I like both of yours!
-Thea M. Frederick
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Nine lives lost, curiosity is satisfied.
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Dragons, long since gone and gone.
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Tomorrow never comes, do good today.
-Thea M. Frederick
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I wrote this one to a 6-year-old who was (still is) an avid reader. The aim was to use assonances and rhymes to make it funny. The original sentence was slightly longer, but here, for the sake of the 6-word criteria, I got it shorter.

"A very merry mighty happy birthday!"
To read or not to read? That's not even a question!
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Terrifying last words??

Go on, pull the switch...slowly.
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Mr_Wimbaum wrote: ↑20 Jul 2020, 20:08 Terrifying last words??

Go on, pull the switch...slowly.
Ooh, I like that! Certainly leaves a lot up to the imagination, which is one of the intriguing things about this challenge!
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Mine is rather a morbid one.

Plane on the ground, in pieces.
It was so gorgeous it almost felt like sadness. The Lake, Banana Yoshimoto
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In Six Word Wonder by Doug Weller, I found this:

Ski boots for sale.
Wanted: Wheelchair

And my attempt:
Storm knocked out power, ventilator stopped!
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Depressed at weight, candy fixes mood.

(So true! I noticed I'd gained weight, felt disgusted, ate chocolate and quit minding...until I finished it. :roll: )

And:
Newborn - sweetest reason to be sleepless!
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Amanda Deck wrote: ↑22 Jul 2020, 18:53 Depressed at weight, candy fixes mood.

(So true! I noticed I'd gained weight, felt disgusted, ate chocolate and quit minding...until I finished it. :roll: )

And:
Newborn - sweetest reason to be sleepless!
Aww, love those!
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We did everything we could've done
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