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Off to a great start

On the lighter side: Stuck for an unstoppable opening line for your breakout novel? Check out these stunning first sentence suggestions from the Morning News:

--Shoes were the ruin of young Benjamin's life.

--Ivan Sergei Shushmayovich was poor, very poor indeed, but every day he stood hopefully outside the little rich girl's house, a much-chewed pencil in one hand, a rusted mutton cleaver in the other.

--We never should have given the nine-armed monkeys machine guns.

--Of all of the king's cows, only Bootsie had magical poop.

Posted by Cindy on June 28, 2004
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