SHORT STORIES

Short Stories

Short Stories

Story 1:

Title: Blossom Night

Introduction

The forenoon of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the new heat of a full-summer day; the blossoms were blossoming profusely and the lawn was richly green. The persons of the town started to accumulate in the rectangle, between the mail agency and the bank, round 10 o'clock; in some villages there were so numerous persons that the lottery took two days and had to be begun on June 2th.

 

Discussion

Soon the men started to gather. Reviewing their own young children, talking of cultivating and rainfall, tractors and taxes. They stood simultaneously, away from the ...