Is it a story about small, tiny people and their diminutive dogs? 'Cause then I understand the littles.
I've recently discovered that I have an unnatural affection for the word "snuck," which is wrong, wrong wrong.

It is APPARENTLY a story about LILLIPUTIANS because EVERYTHING is little little little. Even a digital clock at the Courtyard by Marriot can not escape being diminunized. <--TRUE WORD, means "injected with adjectives that indicate smallness because there is apparently a LITTLE epidemic"

Love,
Joshilyn, Still Hip Deep in the copy edits, DONE with removing LITTLES, now RUTHLESSLY hacking out adverbs

Do you think Homer had to do all that editing to roll the Illiad out the door and onto the scroll shelves?

Judi -- No. But all of his translators have.

Kira -- Your copy editor will relentlessly switch all the snucks to sneaked. EVEN IN DIALOGUE. EVEN WHEN SAID BY A REDNECK HICK WITH A WEED IN HIS TEETH. You have to go sneak STETS beside the snucks.

SAY THAT THREE TIMES FAST.