Complex sentence: "The Children's Story" is a 4,300 word short story by James Clavell, which appeared in "Reader's Digest" (June 1964 issue) and was republished in book form in 1981.
Split into simpler sentences: The Children's Story is a 4,300 word short story by James Clavell. It first appeared in "Reader's Digest" (June 1964 issue) and was republished in book form in 1981.