{"seoTitle":"Falling — A Witty Short Love Story","seoDescription":"A witty exchange about falling on ice takes an unexpected turn when the real reason for staying through seven months of winter is revealed. A short story about love.","keywords":"short love story, falling in love, winter story, witty short fiction, romantic parable","content":{"p1":"\"I fell on ice today.\"","p2":"\"Yeah? So what?\"","p3":"\"It hurt.\"","p4":"\"Yeah, it usually does. People fall all the time around here.\"","p5":"\"Good thing I found a bandage.\"","p6":"\"Yeah, when you live around here, that's to be expected.\"","p7":"\"Seven months of winter?\"","p8":"\"Yeah, seven months of winter. Ice, snow, sleet, freezing temps.\"","p9":"\"Oh?\"","p10":"\"Oh? If you don't like it, why are you living here?\"","p11":"\"Well, it's a long story.\"","p12":"\"I have time.\"","p13":"\"Because I fell in love.\"","p14":"\"You must really be in love.\"","p15":"\"I guess I must.  I fell really hard for her back then. And again today. Ouch.\""}}