American Folk Metafiction

[benlehman]

It was a dark and stormy night.

Two tramps sat on a rail.

One tramp said to the other tramp, "Tell me a story, Bill."

So Bill began...

























It was a dark and stormy night.

Two tramps sat on a rail.

One tramp said to the other tramp, "Tell me a story, Bill."

So Bill began...

Comments

[silvergoose.livejournal.com]

Ow.

[benlehman.livejournal.com]

Don't blame me! It's traditional.

There is a version of this story in Chinese, too: "Once there was a mountain. In the mountain there was a cave. In the cave there was a temple. In the temple, there was a monk. The monk was sleeping. In his dreams there was a mountain..." and so on.

yrs--
--Ben

[silvergoose.livejournal.com]

I've heard that, actually.