Short Fiction by O. Henry

Even Worse

Words you’ll meet in this part (2)
plowed
Past tense of plow: turned over soil with a plow for farming.
paved
Covered with a hard, smooth surface, like concrete or asphalt.

Short Fiction by O. Henry 2 new words

Even Worse

Two Houston men were going home one rainy night last week, and as they stumbled and through the mud across one of the principal streets, one of them said:

“This is hell, isn’t it?”

“Worse,” said the other. “Even hell is with good intentions.”

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