Grampa first appeared in the Simpsons short " Grampa and the Kids ", which premiered on The Tracey Ullman Show on January 10, 1988.

In response, Grampa says, " I was always proud that you weren't a short man.

When Grampa and Zelda take off on one of their dates, three old men with long beards imitate ZZ Top as a short part of " Sharp Dressed Man " is played.

A reference to Erewhon and specifically " The Book of Machines " opens Miguel de Unamuno's short story, " Mecanópolis ," which tells of a man who visits a city ( called Mecanópolis ) which is inhabited solely by machines.

Rachel politely tells Joey that she does not share the same feelings and after a short period of awkwardness between the two, they return to being friends as before.

Chronicler John Malalas, who lived during the reign of Justinian, tells of his appearance that he was short, fair skinned, curly haired, round faced and handsome.

Indeed, the opera bears some striking resemblances with the novel, and, in short, tells the story of a medieval ( and historically real ) singer, whose art is so beautiful that he causes Venus, the goddess of love herself, to fall in love with him, and to offer him eternal life with her in the Venusberg.

In short story, The Basement Room ( 1935 ), by Graham Greene, the ( sympathetic ) servant character, Baines, tells the admiring boy, son of his employer, of his African British colony service, " You wouldn't believe it now, but I've had forty niggers under me, doing what I told them to ".

This short vignette tells of Martians throughout Mars who, like Ylla, begin subconsciously picking up stray thoughts from the humans aboard the Second Expedition's ship.

An ancient Hebrew legend tells that the sea flooded the world and when it reached the shore of Acre it stopped short, as is written in the Book of Job ( 38: 11 ) “ Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further .” In the legend, the Hebrew words “ Ad po ” become “ Ad ko ,” and, hence, Akko.

He tells his life story in short ( only about being an ex-convict and a parole violator ) and says that he has to leave.

Three times during the narrative, he tells stories to his friends, and two stories are presented in the text as short stories by Gordon Lachance, complete with attribution to the magazines in which they were published.

A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 American short silent film which tells of a greedy tycoon who tries to corner the world market on wheat, destroying the lives of the people who can no longer afford to buy bread.

The Land Beyond the Sunset is a 1912 short, silent drama film which tells the story of a young boy, oppressed by his grandmother, who goes on an outing in the country with a social welfare group.

Based on a short story Rice wrote in 1968 or 1969 which she expanded into a novel four years later, Interview with the Vampire centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac who tells the story of his life to a reporter.

( Interestingly, though, in the short story Jeeves Takes Charge, Lady Florence Craye tells Bertie that his Aunt Agatha " called you a spineless invertebrate and advised me strongly not to marry you ".

Rudyard Kipling's short story " Quiquern " collected in The Second Jungle Book ( even though it is not a jungle story ) tells how two young Inuit hunters, desperate to find food for their starving tribe, believe they are being guided by Quiquern / Qiqirn, only to discover that the many-legged " spirit " is actually a pair of sled dogs whose collars had become entangled.

1996 short story " Karen Makes Out " and the novel Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard tells the story of a romance between a U. S. Marshal and a bank robber.

* In Jeffrey Archer's 1980 collection of short stories A Quiver Full of Arrows, one of the stories, " The First Miracle " tells of how a 12-year-old Pontius Pilate meets Joseph and Mary as they arrive in Bethlehem, and gives them the food that his mother had sent him to buy.

Bergman tells Wigand that he is " important to a lot of people " and tries to assure Wigand that he is doing the right thing by offering that " es like you are in short supply ".

The first written document describing Japanese archery is the Chinese chronicle Weishu ( dated around 297 AD ), which tells how in the Japanese isles people use " a wooden bow that is short from the bottom and long from the top.

Clamence tells us that he lives only a short distance from Mexico City, in what was — formerly — the Jewish Quarter, " until our Hitlerian brethren spaced it out a bit.

* Faulkner's short story " Wash " tells the story of the birth of Sutpen's illegitimate daughter to Wash Jones ' granddaughter, and of Jones ' murder of Sutpen, and then his own granddaughter, and his great-granddaughter ( whereupon he sets fire to the house the mother and child are in ).

A legend recorded by folklorist Joseph Snowe from a place called Alte Burg in 1839 tells of a creature " in the shape of a short, thick-set being, neither boy nor man, but akin to the condition of both, garbed in a party-coloured loose surcoat, and wearing a high-crowned hat with a broad brim on his diminutive head.

He tells Putey that he does not believe the Ministry can help him, as his walk is not silly enough, and funding is short.

In the beginning of the game between the TuneSquad and the Monstars, the Looney Tunes are roughed up pretty badly until only Jordan, Bugs, Lola and Daffy are left standing, leaving them short one player. Marvin The Martian comes and tells them that if there is no fifth player, the team will quit the game.

A short descriptive section tells us of Interzone University, where a professor and his students are ridiculed ; the book moves on to an orgy that AJ himself throws.

Other grandchildren combine the brisure of their father with the relevant brisure of their own, which would in a short number of generations lead to confusion ( because it allows an uncle and nephew to have the same cadency mark ) and complexity ( because of an accumulation of cadency marks to show, for example, the fifth son of a third son of a second son ).

Linda had trouble with her Polish husband and his short temper, but they eventually reconciled and gave Elsie grandchildren.

Dato Seri Harun died peacefully after a short illness on 19 October 2003 at the age of 78 and is survived by his wife Datin Seri Salmah Sulaiman, three sons, three daughters, 18 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

The Charles Men consists not of a connected narrative but of a group of short stories, each depicting a special phase of the general subject.

Will it be short stories, fiction, nonfiction, biography, poetry, children's stories, or even a book if you are really ambitious??

Mr. Sansom is English, bearded, formidably cultivated, the versatile author of numerous volumes of short stories, of novels and of pieces that are neither short stories nor travel articles but something midway between.

Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, film stories and scripts.

Extremely prolific for a few years, van Vogt wrote a large number of short stories.

His later novels included fixups such as The Beast ( aka Moonbeast ) ( 1963 ), Rogue Ship ( 1965 ), Quest for the Future ( 1970 ) and Supermind ( 1977 ); expanded short stories ( The Darkness on Diamondia ( 1972 ), Future Glitter ( aka Tyranopolis ) ( 1973 ); original novels such as Children of Tomorrow ( 1970 ), The Battle of Forever ( 1971 ) and The Anarchistic Colossus ( 1977 ); plus sequels to his classic works, many of which were promised, but only one of which appeared, Null-A Three ( 1984 ; originally published in French ).

A collection of short stories for children Gallery of Children, and other stories that became part of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, were first published in 1925.

His reception remained warmer in America than Britain, and he continued to publish novels and short stories, but by the late 1930s the audience for Milne's grown-up writing had largely vanished: he observed bitterly in his autobiography that a critic had said that the hero of his latest play (" God help it ") was simply " Christopher Robin grown up ... what an obsession with me children are become!

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While accompanying Mallowan on countless archaeological trips ( spending up to 3 – 4 months at a time in Syria and Iraq at excavation sites at Ur, Ninevah, Tell Arpachiyah, Chagar Bazar, Tell Brak, and Nimrud ), Christie not only wrote novels and short stories, but also contributed work to the archaeological sites, more specifically to the archaeological restoration and labeling of ancient exhibits which includes tasks such as cleaning and conserving delicate ivory pieces, reconstructing pottery, developing photos from early excavations which later led to taking photographs of the site and its findings, and taking field notes.

Many of Christie ’ s books and short stories both set in the Middle East and back in England have a decidedly otherworldly influence in which religious sects, sacrifices, ceremony, and seances play a part.

Along with Miss Marple, Poirot is one of Christie's most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels, one play, and more than 50 short stories published between 1920 and 1975 and set in the same era.

Jane Marple, usually referred to as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christie's crime novels and in twenty short stories.

* Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories ( short stories collected posthumously, also published as Miss Marple's Final Cases, but only six of the eight stories actually feature Miss Marple ) ( written between 1939 and 1954, published 1979 )

Alcott asked Niles if he would publish a book of short stories by his daughter ; instead, he suggested she write a book about girls.

His mother Irene Worley (" Lolly ") was a writer of short stories who published under the name " Mary James ".

Anaïs Nin (; born Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, February 21, 1903 – January 14, 1977 ) was a French-Cuban author, based at first in France and later in the United States, who published her journals, which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly before her death, her erotic literature, and short stories.

" The Swedish playwright August Strindberg attacked the play in his volume of short stories Getting Married ( 1884 ).