Start a story with the line: “When I confronted him, he denied that he ever said it.”

“When I confronted him, he denied that he ever said it,” I say to Glenna as we walk deeper into the snow covered forest, outside the Crystal Palace.

Glenna shakes her head in disappointment, then frowns and asks, “Who is this ‘he’ again?” She picks up a few mushrooms from the base of a large dark brown tree with mostly bare branches. She examines them, nods and puts them into her woven basket.

“Glenna! Weren’t you paying attention?” I ask her, but she just gives me a look as she squats by a larg...