Single word stories

Once upon a time, there was a word named Ben. Despite Ben's best efforts, he was not able to attract a mate, and lived his life totally alone. What a sad, lonely word he was! (If you're wondering what word, it's none of your business. Don't be nosy!) Anyway, one day he died suddenly by banging one of his vowels too hard against a coffee table. This brought his story to an absurd but anticlimactic end.