A story starts a story

From the start,

 i must admit something.

I am tired.

This means I might take up the story later.

Cliffhangers are good for the heart.

A man's car breaks down on the side of the road.

He sees the light from a farm nearby.

Trudging through the mud,

  and after a few slips,

  he makes it to the door.

A grudging welcome,

 combined with a twelve gauge,

does not inspire confidence.

Looking at me,

 with one dead eye,

 he says I can stay.

"Just don't touch the purple ape."

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Wow, the 12 guage would be enough to scare me off, but the dead eye and the warning about the purple ape would have had me speeding away.

[Chris Shaw]

What happened next? A whole lot of possibilities.