From 9fce418b46c9f0894f429384ef9e3dabaeffbeb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Case Duckworth Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 16:36:17 -0700 Subject: Change file hierarchy and rewrite makefile - File hierarchy is now as follows: - / - appendix/ < appendix source files - backlinks/ < backlink sources & builds - hapax/ < *.hapax source files - scripts/ < scripts, like *.js, *.hs, etc. - templates/ < templates for outputs - text/ < source files - trunk/ < assets, like css, images, heads, etc. - index.html - *.html - Makefile --- text/joke.txt | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text/joke.txt (limited to 'text/joke.txt') diff --git a/text/joke.txt b/text/joke.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..991d9b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/text/joke.txt @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +--- +title: Joke +genre: prose + +id: joke +toc: "Joke" + +project: + title: "Buildings out of air: Paul in the Woods" + class: paul + order: 33 + next: + - title: Stump + link: stump + - title: Leaf + link: leaf + prev: + - title: Punch + link: punch + - title: Hymnal + link: hymnal +... + +He wrote _**JOKES**_ on the top of a page in his notebook. +He had run out of notecards and hadn't been able to convince his mother to go to the Office Supply Store for him. +He left a space underneath it and wrote. + +_"[Tell us a joke][]" the listeners say to the clown. +They have gather together in the clearing because they have heard he would be there, and they have heard he knew very funny jokes that were also true. +"Tell us a joke that is true" they say._ + +_The clown does not move from the stump. +He doesn't move at all. +The listeners watch, gap-mouthed, as a butterfly lands on his hat. +A breeze ruffles his coat and the butterfly flies away. +Hours pass. +The listeners grow impatient. +Some begin yelling insults at the clown. +Eventually, they begin to walk away into the woods._ + +_The moon [rises][] on the clearing. +The only people left are the clown and a listener, the [last listener][]. +She has been waiting for the joke a long time. +The clown opens his mouth and she leans in closer to hear. +He closes it as a tear falls onto his coat, then another. +He opens his mouth again in a sob. +The listener walks over to him and puts a hand on his shoulder._ + +_"I'm sorry" says the clown. +"Sorry for what" she asks. +"I don't know. +I don't know any jokes." +He disappears. +The last listener sits on the log and looks at the sky. +There are no [stars][]._ + +[Tell us a joke]: window.html +[rises]: the-sea_the-beach.html +[last listener]: listen.html +[stars]: big-dipper.html -- cgit 1.4.1-21-gabe81