Short-Short Stories
Nobles dreaded golfing with King Ed. He called ‘four’ and ‘five’ depending on the number of balls he was hitting at the same time, confusing golf with croquet.
Yes, Nobles dreaded golfing with the King because they knew if they won just one hole, they would be buried under it.
King Edward’s favorite football team, the Highland Huggies, won the world championship. In their honor, the king ordered a new stadium built, complete with dome and fake grass.
One Monday night, halfway through the second quarter, fans swooned from lack of oxygen.
The team, playing an away game, was spared.
The royal family liked to bowl. Palace workers delighted in watching them play and taught the sport throughout the countryside.
In the family’s honor, Samuel, a devoted palace woodworker, carved duckpins in their images.
In a short time, even the most distant subject regularly exercised by bowing to the king.