A Writer

A lady once wrote a long story. She sent it to a famous editor. After a few weeks, the story was returned to her. The lady got angry. She wrote to the editor:

"Dear Sir!

Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. How do you know that the story is not good? You did not even read it. Before I sent you the story, I pasted together pages 18, 19, and 20. I wanted to know whether you would read the story or not. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were still pasted together. Is this the way you read all the stories that are sent to you?"

The editor wrote back:

"Dear Madam!

At breakfast, when I open an egg, I don’t have to eat all the egg in order to discover that it is bad."