A story in 100 one-syllable wordsThis is a story in 100 one-syllable words written without repeating a single word. It was prompted by a challenge from Marilyn vos Savant in one of her Parade magazine columns. The string of ordinal numbers feels like a bit of a cheat, but hey, this is hard. Not previously published. Written 13 July 2007. See also Another story in 100 one-syllable words and Spam: Yet another story in 100 one-syllable words.
Last night grew warm as could be when my dog ate some of Dan’s pie. It looked safe for him to eat this, at least from the joy on his face. There was more left, so he had a third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, and tenth piece too! That did not seem good, though, since poor Spot got sick. Next thing I knew, pet cops knocked. “I’ve done no bad deed, sirs!” Yet they took me. “Vile man,” said Bob, dressed in blue. “But what should we do now? Dine out?” “If you act right, law men don’t care!” In case you’re interested, here are all the words, arranged in alphabetical order:
a act and as at ate bad be blue Bob But care cops could Dan’s deed did Dine do dog don’t done dressed eat eighth face fifth for fourth from good got grew had he him his I I’ve If in It knew knocked Last law least left look looked man me men more my Next night ninth no not now of on out pet pie piece poor right safe said seem should sick since sirs sixth so some Spot tenth That the There they thing third this though to too took Vile warm was we what when Yet you
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