When he woke, she asked about the cast and he said, “The moon fell on my foot.”

“No fooling,” she said.

He said he’d been reaching for a long time.

“One day I touched it. I held it in my hand. But then I dropped it.”

“Silly grandpa,” she said.

Bob Thurber is the author of six books. Regarded as a master of Flash and Micro Fiction, his work has appeared in Esquire and other magazines, been anthologized 60 times, received a long list of awards, and been utilized in schools and colleges throughout the world. He resides in Massachusetts. Visit his website at BobThurber.net.