Extremely Abbreviated Tales (XAT)

Gentle visitors, in recent years, we have entered the era of soundbites, diminished attention spans, and profoundly abbreviated textual communications.  Therefore, as a service to you, we will begin a series of extremely abbreviated tales (XAT) sized to fit comfortably in no more than two PDA screenloads.  Whereupon, our gentle mobile Visitors may comfortably read the tale while driving, drinking coffee, and checking messages -- all without the enormous investment in time that was required for FOL (Freaking Old Literature).  Our first offering anon.