Pierre glumly rinsed another strawberry. Bastille Day had sneaked up on him. Consequently, there were no baguettes or chocolate soufflés, and he wouldn’t hunt for snails in his robe. All he had was these strawberries. The kings of the berry world.

He picked up another, cheerfully slicing off the top.

Diane Ferguson graduated from Brigham Young University with a BA in English and a Master of Public Administration (MPA). She has spent most of her career as an editor. Currently she enjoys exercising, improving her French, and singing (accompanied by criticism from her five-year-old).