EXERCISE: a theft between friends?

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Original posting 11 March 2009

EXERCISE: breaking in

Writer's Digest, February 2007, page 17 has this writing prompt:

Someone breaks into your home, but all he steals is a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, and a gallon of milk. Write a story from the thief's point of view.

Not the TV, the DVD recorder, the jewelry, or the money. Just a loaf of bread, some eggs, and milk.

Feel free to try some variations, too. A loaf of bread and a jug of wine? Or perhaps that odd little vase from Italy that your friend gave you when you were only 12 years old?

A theft, but quite extraordinary. And you tell the tale.

but he left the moon...