"A Brief Animal Story"

[Ron Nossaman]

At 07:08 AM 12/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
>A BRIEF ANIMAL STORY
>
>(an example of using modifiers and repetition in writing to make it more
>interesting to read)
>
>by Clyde M. Hollinger, RPT
>


There are other types of interest too, with different examples.

With some trepidation, the piano technician entered the house. It was the
home of a new customer, whom he had yet to meet, but for years there had
been disturbing, whispered rumors among the locals concerning the fate of
other service professionals who had entered this house. Cautiously, as much
by feel as by sight, he made his way through the oppressive gray darkness to
the parlor, where he found the piano. A massive Victorian thing, heavy with
grotesque carving and buried under countless murky photographs of big handed
rural folk, stiffly posed and scowling in apparent resentment at being
disturbed in their rest. Carefully stacking the photos in nearby chairs, the
technician had the lid propped, the front off, and was peering into the
stygian depths of the instrument when he heard the noise behind him. 

Police records indicate passers by reporting screams coming from the house
that morning, but no one was curious enough to investigate until the owner,
a Mr. Vincent Diablo, returned that evening. "He left his tools, and his
car", Mr. Diablo reported, "And he didn't even put the piano back together".
"I have no idea where the guy went", he said, "When I got here the only one
in the house was my dog, Cerberus".

Only the Beginning.



Sorry, couldn't help myself, 
    
 Ron