Looking for a story. Don't know title or author.

[binky013]

Little girl is awakened by smoke, screams, awakening her parents. They get the baby but cannot reach her. They escape. She will be rescued, but not before she has been burned. The memory and the pain will stay with her throughout her life. 453 words (I think that is the exact total.)

453 words?

I think I've read this story too.

It was in a book of creative writing exercises called What If? by Anne Bernays.

There was an exercise to write a story using only one syllable words and that story was given as an example written by a student.

I think the title was Red, or that might have been the first word. I can't remember the name of the writer though.

I think you're right about which book it is in, Tenar. I have a feeling it might all have been written in either the future tense or the conditional though. I've got the book somewhere so I will have a look later.