Many years ago, I hadan idea and hammered out a story of maybe 200 words.  I don’t remember exactly how I felt about itat the time, but I’m sure I thought it was a very good little story.  I think part of why I wrote it was I neededmore stories for my first collection, A Man of Few Words, and it was aperfect one to include.  In the yearssince then, I’ll occasionally dig it out