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ID
b225
Title
"The Small Portion."
Genre
Story
Page Count
11
Word Count
2900
Publisher
Evening News
Publication Year
1955
Topics
Travel, Coming of Age

A young girl, traveling in rural Italy with her overprotective mother, is allowed an excursion to an island with a handsome young man.

In The Daffodil Sky (1955), Evening News (October 5, 1957). Reprinted in An Overpraised Season (1973), Short Story Encore (1985).