I do not remember which story coined the phrase "I love you" but it
entailed a young boy and a young girl riding down on a sled together
and the wind was so loud that the young girl never heard the boy say
"I love you" in her ear.  I think the story might have been written by
Checkov but I'm not sure.  Thanks in advance for any help!

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 13 Jun 2006 00:18 PDT

Could this be the story you are thinking of?

http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/ac/joke.htm

Looking forward to your clarification.

Best regards,
Rainbow

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Clarification of Question by marina51-ga on 13 Jun 2006 10:47 PDT

YES!  Thank you so much.  That was the story I was looking for!

Hi marina51,

I'm glad I was able to find what you were looking for. Here it is again:

From Russian Silhouettes: More Stories of Russian Life, by Anton
Tchekoff, translated from the Russian by Marian Fell. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons, October, 1915.

A Joke
By Anton Chekhov
http://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/ac/joke.htm


Search criteria:
story "I love you" sled chekhov

I hope that helps.

Best regards,
Rainbow

Thank you again for your very prompt and accurate response!

Thank you very much for the rating and tip.
Best regards,
Rainbow