<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="guest174.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="guest176.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> The Failure of Manufactured Happenstance, Part 1<br><br> Stapled to a popsicle stick is Maria's handwritten sign. "Big Fish," it says. Diego, with hope in his heart and a marker in his pocket, writes "Small Pond" on a still-blank sign. Maria giggles. Diego smiles.<br><br> Eyes closed, they expectantly tap their signs together like magic wands.<br><br> "Sorry, no sparks," Maria frowns. Diego slinks away. <br><br><br> <div align="right">-by James A.W. Shaw</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="guest174.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="guest176.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>