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'"is that the end of the story?" asked the Water-rat.
"certainly not," answered the Linnet, "that is the beginning."
"then you are quite behind the age," said the Water-rat. "every good storyteller nowadays starts with the end, and then goes on to the beginning, and concludes with the middle. that is the new method. i heard all about it the other day from a critic who was walking round the pond with a young man. he spoke of the matter at great length, and i am sure he must have been right, for he had blue spectacles and a bald head, and whenever the young man made any remark, he always answered >>pooh!<<"'
O. Wilde, 'The Devoted Friend'