Where can I find a story by Saki (H. H. Munro) about an older lady who encourages a boy to do a perfect job mowing her lawn? She tells him there's an average job, a good job, and an unrealizably perfect job, which he eventually does.

skysmom65

H. H. Munro Titles: http://www.classicreader.com/author.php/aut.200/ Oct 21 06, 12:47 PM

lanfranco

Are you sure the author is Saki? Could this be Richard Y. Thurman's "The Countess and the Impossible"? http://www.rob.com/loganberry/solved-c.html Oct 21 06, 1:38 PM

lanfranco

Sorry, you'll have to scroll down to "The Countess and the Impossible," which will take a while. Oct 21 06, 1:40 PM

queproblema

Yes, thank you, ianfranco, guess I'll have to buy a big anthology if I want to read it again since I can't find it online. I should have realized Saki wouldn't have written a story with such a good moral. Oct 21 06, 2:50 PM

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