365 Short Stories (Amusing)—Week Thirty-Two

The French classicists have a way of recognizing the amusing qualities in most any situation. I left my heart in Paris, so I am reading French stories this week.

Week Thirty-Two

“Putois,” by Anatole France, 50 Great Short Stories Edited by Milton Crane

Great stories have a timeless quality. France reflects on the nature of existence in this tale of Putois, “a being local and mythical.” We had such a being when I was in high school. He ran for class president and won. He graduated with us. No one...