I think we all know how important the opening few paragraphs to a story are. They can hook the reader or make them hit the "back" button so fast the mouse is smoking... goofy so, I thought it might be fun to do a quiz based on opening lines/paragraphs...

I'll make the first one fairly easy wink

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FROM: "Lois Lane"< maddoglane@dailyplanetnp.met.r.com >
TO: "Lucy Lane" < littlesister@metcooksch.7287.edu >
SUBJECT: Need recipe-FAST!
DATE: 12 Jul 08:30:09

Dear Luce,

Help! Dan is coming over tonight and I want to show him I can cook (don't you say anything!). Need ideas for something quick and easy to fix. What do you recommend?

Lois
PJ

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K