<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="guest157.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="guest159.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> Ghost Feathers<br><br> His grandfather's hat was like a gangster's; brown felt, silk band. He put it on. It disguised his bald head and shadowed his gaze. He pulled the brim lower. Too tight though. He took it off again. It left a pale indentation across his forehead. And a sprinkling of feathers, like curls of white hair. <br><br><br> <div align="right">-by <a href="http://www.writewords.org.uk/bill_west/">Bill West</a></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="guest157.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="guest159.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>