Four letter word
In Competition No. 2706 you were invited to submit an entertaining and plausible piece of prose using words of only four letters.
‘This must hold some sick joke!’ wailed Shirley Curran. ‘Lucy, show more pity next time,’ pleaded Barry Baldwin. But you are clearly a masochistic lot; despite the howls of protest and pleas for future clemency, the challenge generated a big postbag. I allowed contractions, within reason, but extra points were awarded to those who managed to avoid them as much as possible. The winners get £25 each. The bonus fiver is Alan Millard’s.
‘Poor Jack,’ Jill says, ‘sore head, huge lump, deep scar!’
‘Poor Jill,’ says Jack, ‘deep scar, huge lump, sore head!’
They knew they were both hurt. Both fell down that high hill. More fool them! What next — this pair, both here, both down, none near?
‘Jack?’ Jill asks.
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