A Very Short Story
A confused elderly woman searches for items she believes have been taken by mysterious little creatures who live inside the walls of her rickety old house.
“Why would they need a tiny pair of scissors, the cardboard backing for my writing tablet, and a brown eyebrow pencil?” she mumbles.
The next morning, the woman smiles with surprise, for at the bottom of her disheveled bed lies a cardboard paper-doll with brown eyes just like hers.
Retired college dean turned film critic, embracing a lifelong passion for movies.