OF RIBBONS & KEYS
A Fable
When Harriet was nine years old she experienced an extraordinary revelation -- an epiphany of sorts -- without warning she became obsessed with the idea that she should write. The very next day she ran to school and announced to her teacher, "I have made up my mind," she said, enthusiasm bubbling, "I shall become a writer!"
"A writer? Isn't that lovely, Harrie
