<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="guest165.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="guest167.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> Genuflection<br><br> Each time we relocated my mother would drag the five of us to our new church before the moving van was even emptied. She'd fawn over the priest, offering me as an altar boy. My hair combed, my socks pulled up, I'd fight the inevitable nausea. The priest would wink. So this was starting over. <br><br><br> <div align="right">-by Sarah B. Zobel</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="guest165.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="guest167.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>