
Is it true, as
Momus
suggests, that there are "few tales which would not be improved by the
addition of the phrase 'suddenly, a shot rang out'"? Decide for
yourself as we alter the opening lines of . . .
THE SNOW QUEEN by Hans Christian Andersen
Now then, let us begin. When we are at the end of the story, we shall know more than we know now: but to begin. Suddenly a shot rang out.