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It wasn’t actually Hemingway. Versions of the story can be found from 1906 when Hemingway was 7, and there is apparently no mention of a connection between him and the story before the 1990s.
Him and what story? Anyone interested in elucidating?
For sale: baby shoes, never worn
It's a famous "six-word story" that is usually attributed to Ernest Hemingway. This meme's framing is a reference/parody of it.
Source: xkcd
baby shoes, never worn?