Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:27:18 EDT From: the back of the bus Subject: EXERCISE: The Meanest Girl (was: Re: Crits: Cybele10, Prauphet) On Sun, 5 Oct 1997 23:44:36 -0400, Alison wrote :) Uh huh. The things I write about that aren't true are pretty :) obviously fiction , like finding out that the meanest girl in my fifth :) grade class was actually not even human, but hatched from a batch of :) eggs at the rim of a canal.. I'm not sure why she says this is fiction, but... The meanest girl in my fifth grade class wasn't even human, but hatched from a batch of eggs at the rim of a canal. There's the first line of your story. Take it away, dancing fingers, and let's see what comes next! tink (oh, I see. it's fiction because one wouldn't ordinarily refer to one of our friends, the gorribles, as a "girl" exactly?)