As always, all comments welcomed.
I would be interested in hearing your opinions on the final paragraph of the story. I am of two minds about it, and am trying to decide whether to include it in the archived version. I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter.
On the one hand, I realize that that paragraph does detract from the (I hope!) surprise ending of the prior paragraph. But I do have a couple of reasons for thinking it might be better to keep the extra paragraph in the story. The one I'll share here is that this story is an homage to The Gift of the Magi, and O. Henry ends his story with a bit of moralizing. So, what do you think? Should the extra paragraph stay in or get the axe?
Joy,
Lynn
