<html> <head> <title>55 word stories</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="birdstyle.css"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <!-- header --> <table id="Table_01" width="330" height="180" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"> <tr> <td colspan="7"> <img src="images/title.gif" width="330" height="160" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img src="images/55words_02.gif" width="54" height="19" alt=""></td> <td> <a href="about.html"><img src="images/about.gif" width="46" height="19" alt="" border="0"></a></td> <td> <img src="images/55words_04.gif" width="16" height="19" alt=""></td> <td> <a href="guest.html"><img src="images/contact.gif" width="98" height="19" alt="" border="0"></a></td> <td> <img src="images/55words_06.gif" width="17" height="19" alt=""></td> <td> <a href="http://www.birdandmoon.com"><img src="images/home.gif" width="48" height="19" alt="" border="0"></a></td> <td> <img src="images/55words_08.gif" width="51" height="19" alt=""></td> </tr> </table> <!-- /header --> <!-- starting navigation --> <table id="Table_01" width="330" height="26" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"> <tr> <td colspan="5"> <img src="images/line.gif" width="330" height="5" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img src="images/nav6_02.gif" width="48" height="21" alt=""></td> <td> <!--******--><a href="guest145.html"><img src="images/back.gif" width="40" height="21" alt="" border="0"></a></td> <td> <img src="images/nav6_04.gif" width="158" height="21" alt=""></td> <td> <!--******--><a href="guest147.html"><img src="images/next.gif" width="40" height="21" alt="" border="0"></a></td> <td> <img src="images/nav6_06.gif" width="44" height="21" alt=""></td> </tr> </table> </table> <!-- /starting navigation --> <center> <table width=337 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td> <div class="maintext"><br> It Happens<br><br> Pterydactyls cawed then, just as crows do today. They swooped near the glacier as it rumbled down the plain, then plunged into the bay and returned with lunch. <br><br> The glacier melted, set Connecticut at a distance. Long Island was born, and life pressed on. Rocky hills rose, and people colonized the coast.<br><br> It is god. <br><br><br> <div align="right">-by M. Ryan Kent</div><br> </div> </td> </tr> </center> <!-- ending navigation --> <table id="Table_01" width="330" height="26" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"> <tr> <td colspan="5"> <img src="images/line.gif" width="330" height="5" alt=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img src="images/nav6_02.gif" width="48" height="21" alt=""></td> <td> <!--******--><a href="guest145.html"><img src="images/back.gif" width="40" height="21" alt="" border="0"></a></td> <td> <img src="images/nav6_04.gif" width="158" height="21" alt=""></td> <td> <!--******--><a href="guest147.html"><img src="images/next.gif" width="40" height="21" alt="" border="0"></a></td> <td> <img src="images/nav6_06.gif" width="44" height="21" alt=""></td> </tr> </table> <!-- End ImageReady Slices --> <!-- the bit about emailing --> <!-- /the bit about emailing --> </body> </html>