Grace in Shades of Gray

Feb 17 2011 ∞
“ For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
—

Earnest Hemingway

In the 1920s, Ernest Hemingway’s colleagues bet him that he couldn’t write a complete story..with a beginning, a middle and an end in just six words.  This story was his response to their challenge.

Hemingway is said to have considered “Baby Shoes” his best work.

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    Read it carefully. In just six words, he spins a tale of life and death.
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    would have to agree with him.
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