[ WP ] `` For Sale : Baby shoes , never worn '' by Ernest Hemingway . Write a backstory for this that is happy , not depressing .

The woman ran her finger slowly across the sign on the table at the garage sale. 
 ‘ For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn. ’ 
 
 “ Oh that is heartbreaking. Why on earth are you selling the shoes? ” 
 
 The owner of the shoes looked up from sorting a box of kitchen gadgets. 
 
 “ What? ” she looked from the shopper to the shoes and back to the shopper. “ Oh those things, there is nothing heartbreaking about them. ” She smiled and picked up the first pair on display. 
 
 “ But it says never worn. ” The shopper looked pained. 
 
 “ Of course, I used to own a shoe shop and these are the last of the leftover stock. ” 

