Holiday Leftovers

A HOLIDAY STORY

We'd put out a nice book:

Alternative Holidays.

It had a fancy cover. The stories a perfect fit.

So I was sitting there. Basking in success.

And a story skitters across the floor.

And then another, and another...

And then, a slight sobbing sound.

Then there came a most tremulous voice.

"We want a book cover too."

I reached down and picked up one of the stories. It settled in and started to purr.

Then I picked up another, and another.

They were so good.

It was like the Island of Misfit Toys.

Perfectly good stories that just had trouble fitting in.

So I gave them a cover, nothing fancy.

And now, they just need a Reader to appreciate them.

YOU, can be that Reader.