Monday, May 15, 2006

Noah’s Response to Elif Batuman’s Article on the Death of the Short Story, Or, Why I Should Quit Smoking.

[Link to article in n+1]

When doggies go to sleep, they turn into kitties.
And when kitties go to sleep, they turn into bees.
And when bees go to sleep, they turn into fireflies.

And what do the fireflies do?

The fireflies bite you.

And what do you do?

I put them in one of your drawers.

Is that the end of the story?

No. When fireflies go to sleep they turn into smoke-a-cigarettes.

Is that the end of the story?

No.

What comes next?

The letter H.

What does the letter H do?

The letter H turns smoke-a-cigarette into these little things.

Is that the end?

No, it’s not. You should press those buttons.

THE END

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