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The Open Letter

Do you read the rest of the letter?

The Open Letter

You are doing a favour looking after your neighbour's sleeping child for the evening. You go into the kitchen for a glass of water. On the table, open and facing up, is a handwritten letter that starts with 'I cannot live like this anymore.'

Do you read the rest of the letter?

Then ask

  • Does boredom justify invading someone's privacy?
  • Would you pretend you had not seen it when the neighbour got home?

The classics and some new ones. A scenario, the question it forces, and the follow-ups that make it bite.

More at this level

  1. The Pond
  2. The Deathbed Promise
  3. The Windfall
  4. The Payslip
  5. The Ring
  6. The Novel
  7. Who Stays
  8. The Will