If you want to take a break on this historic day, try reading a little six sentence story. It won't take long, and then you can return to whatever you were doing. Denise of Girlie On The Edge's Blog hosts a blog hop geared to those of us who like to keep it short, unless semi-colons get on board, and then you are in for an extra treat. I am linking my post to Six Sentence Stories - Marvel.
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May I ask exactly which of his three experiments you tried to reproduce?
Andrea, not knowing what impact her words would have, slid one of her hands behind her back, crossed her fingers, looked him in the eyes and slowly, but emphatically, said, “I tried all of them.”
Realizing Andrea didn’t know about the mirror on the wall behind her that revealed her crossed fingers, and he being amazed at her audacity at such a critical point in her studies calmly waited to see if she might say more.
Venturing to guess she had no idea how much time it would have taken for her to have tried all of them, he said, “When you say you tried all of them, in what way did you try?”
Eager to share what she had discovered but not knowing if he would believe her, she took a deep breath before sharing what would prove to be an astounding discovery.
Listening intently, he slowly shook his head, marveling that such a famous scientist had not replicated his experiments before publishing the results.
I like the clever structure of this, Pat, and also the use of the mirror!
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Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
DeleteI like her fingers crossed behind her back and the mirror exposing it.
ReplyDeleteI like this marvelous story!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteThank you.
DeleteThis was a great Six, Pat. Loved how you used the acrostic format and wove your story through it perfectly.
ReplyDeleteWould you be writing about Andrea Ghez by any chance?
Thank you. No, this SSS isn't about Andrea Ghez or anyone else. This is totally fiction.
DeleteI see a short career and a bit of infamy for Andrea.
ReplyDeletePerhaps you could be right.
DeleteSo cleverly done! Great little story :)
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteTotal 'Lazy Susan' of a Six!*
ReplyDeleteNice work managing the perspectives, not to mention the acrostizing**
* a compliment on a story that revolves before the Reader but never loses its center,
** not a 'real' word
Thank you. We had a Lazy Susan, about 18"in diameter, when I was growing up, but I think I remember my mom saying that when she was a girl her family's table had a Lazy Susan that was actually built into the table.
DeleteGreat acrostic work. I love these Good six
ReplyDeleteThank you. I like giving it try sometimes when we have a cue with six letters.
DeleteClever acrostics to tell the story. Neat.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Arlene.
DeleteSooner or later, you may be sure, your sin will find you out.
ReplyDeleteIn the scientific world where usually proving an experiment or discovery is of utmost importance before publishing one's results and risking a product being made only to find out later that there were some important details that were omitted could have disastrous consequences.
DeleteAcrostically wonderful!
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