I recently had this request:

> John,
> I'd like to get my hands on a story Mark Twain wrote but I don't
> remember the title of it.  It was really different from anything
> else he'd ever written.
>
> There were two boys who were given the power to make people out of
> mud.  They made a whole village and then did terrible things to
> their creations--floods, earthquakes, etc.--and then laughed at them.
>
> I think Twain was inspired to write this after one of his children
> died of a protracted illness.  Do you remember the title of the
> story?'

This doesn't ring a bell with me. Any help?

Thanks,

John Evans