Every month, one opening line from across all entries is permanently etched into the annals of Whimsy lore, a growing archive of the finest first lines in Whimsy history. This is our shrine to brilliant beginnings.
Illustration by Stella Backman
Scholars from the future are calling it the Rosetta Stone of Whimsy. Enjoy.
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