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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
“Once in a Decent Story” by Conviron Altatis (Baguio City, Philippines)
I started having my practicum as a student teacher last November. One of the aasignments I had given to my senior high school students was to add an ending to Guy de Maupassants’s The Necklace. This was the best one I read:
Mathilde and Mme. Forestier hugged each other and promised to forget the past. They sold the necklace, started a new business, and became best friends. But the protagonists should get into trouble once in a decent story. 15 years later, Mathilde and Mme. Forestier were trampled on by a rogue elephant in a sightseeing in Africa.
