The six-word story

Hemingway was once challenged to write the shortest story ever. He came up with this six-word gem — “For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.” In those six words, he successfully tells you that someone is selling a pair of never-worn baby shoes, allowing the reader to speculate as to why those baby shoes were never worn. His success has led to numerous attempts at writing a six-word story. At one point, I took up the challenge myself and came up with this — “I drank tea today. The End.” While I doubt my attempt lives up to Hemingway, I do rather like it. It would seem many stories can be told with a mere six words.