Michael Lewis

“Not So Tough” by Michael Lewis

Submitted to Contest #193

   It was on my 26th birthday that the little green card arrived. I had a pretty good idea what the card meant, although at that time my ability to read and understand Hebrew was only about six inches ahead of negligible. I went next door to my neighbor.  "Shmulik, I think this is my army induction notice, am I right?" He told me I had to attend the army center for new recruits joining the Nachal unit in two wee...

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“Teenage Angst” by Michael Lewis

Submitted to Contest #164

        Teenage Angst  Where I come from, teenage boys have already grown into adulthood, and are therefore sexually mature.                               The phone call came as Donald was sitting in the only decent chair in his house.    " Hello!"    " Hi, Donald, it's Brian."    "Hi, Brian, what's up?"   "Are you doing anythi...

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“Scarred for Life” by Michael Lewis

Submitted to Contest #140

The first major upset in my life occurred when I was nine months old, although I was, of course, far too young to remember it. It was during the middle of February 1948; I caught a cold. My mother put a saucepan of milk on top of the stove and lit the gas. The liquid is heated to a pleasantly warm temperature, after which a quantity of butter is added. In those ...

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“Teenage Angst” by Michael Lewis

Submitted to Contest #114

        Teenage Angst The phone call came as Donald was sitting in the only decent chair in his house.    " Hello!"    " Hi, Donald, it's Brian."    "Hi, Brian, what's up?"   "Are you doing anything this weekend?"   "Not really. Why?"   " It's my sister's fifteenth birthday, and I wondered if you want to come to the party....

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“The Adventures of Snodfarge Grundweiler and You.” by Michael Lewis

Submitted to Contest #97

The Adventures of Snodfarge Grundweiler III and You. I created this when teaching 3rd grade in New York.  Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night? I have. Why I woke up in the middle of last night, I  have no idea, but I did. I stumbled with a  tired yawn and looked out of my bedroom window. In the distance, I saw a tiny little light moving sl...

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“Teenage Angst” by Michael Lewis

                            Teenage Angst   1399 The phone call came as Donald was sitting in the only decent chair in his house.    " Hello!"    " Hi, Donald, it's Brian."    "Hi, Brian, what's up?"   "Are you doing anything this weekend?"   "Not really, why?"   " It's my sister's fifteenth birthday, and I wondered if you want to come to the part...

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“A Fork's Life” by Michael Lewis

Submitted to Contest #92

                                  A Fork's Life It's dark in here. So dark I can't even see the rest of my brothers and sisters lying next to me. But, of course, this is how it should be when one's living quarters are inside a drawer. Look at me clean and sparkling. And so, another morning begins as it has done for more mornings than I care to remember. I imagine p...

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“The Edge” by Michael Lewis

Submitted to Contest #89

                                                The Edge Self-created peer pressure is hazardous to a boy who has recently joined the ranks of what are often called the early- teens. I speak from experience because those pressures almost got me killed. At the ripe old age of almost thirteen, I had become a hero ...

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“The Ring of Truth” by Michael Lewis

Submitted to Contest #72

     The Ring of Truth James Harrington Witherspoon III, Jimmy to his friends and family except for his mother, was a true English gentleman. He was due to inherit his grandfather's woolen-mill on his twenty-fifth birthday. The young man would also join the ruling strata of English gentlemen farmers. Along with the woolen mill, he would also inherit 5,000 acres of prime agr...

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