A random piece of string changes the course of one man’s life.
About the author: Henri René
Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular
19th-century French writer, and is considered one of the fathers of the modern short
story.
Image: “How long
is a piece of string?” by Flickr user izzie_whizzie. Used under Creative
Commons License.