Can a story be told in as short as 100 words? And what if it is made in exactly 100 words excluding the title?
What follows is a succinct endeavour to enthral.
A visitor
I went speechless.
I was delivering a speech to the visitors at our museum. Pointing to a model, I had told them ‘standing here, Galileo Galilei, accused of heresy, faced the Roman inquisition’.
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‘How sad!’
He had a dour look on and I felt awkward.
‘Any questions sir?’
‘You exaggerate, but I’m tired of arguments.’
He left abruptly.
My embarrassment was overtaken by something very strange and strikingly similar. Was it his beard or his Italian intonation or the sombre eyes?
‘So what then did Galileo do?’ someone quizzed.
What can I answer?
What follows is a succinct endeavour to enthral.
A visitor
I went speechless.
I was delivering a speech to the visitors at our museum. Pointing to a model, I had told them ‘standing here, Galileo Galilei, accused of heresy, faced the Roman inquisition’.
A stocky gentleman turned his face away.
He had a dour look on and I felt awkward.
‘Any questions sir?’
‘You exaggerate, but I’m tired of arguments.’
He left abruptly.
My embarrassment was overtaken by something very strange and strikingly similar. Was it his beard or his Italian intonation or the sombre eyes?
‘So what then did Galileo do?’ someone quizzed.
What can I answer?
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