John was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn‘t, the girl with the rose. Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the shelf and fou...

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.' There were only a few coins in the hat.   A man wa...

Pinocchio woke up the next morning. There was a plate of food beside his bed. He ate the food, and walked downstairs. The blue-haired fairy was sitting in a chair. She told him she...

  Old friends. They finish your sentences, they remember the cat that ran away when you were twelve, and they tell you the truth when you‘ve had a bad haircut. But mostly, t...

     Once upon a time a wolf was lapping at a stream. When he looked up, he saw a lamb drinking a little lower down.  "There’s my supper,"...

As a teenager, I felt I was always letting people down. I was rebellious outside, but I wanted to be liked inside. Once I left home to hitch-hike2 to California with my friend ...

我们每天忙忙碌碌的，有时候，竟不知自己为什么而忙。不妨多试着问自己，我在做什么？为什么做？明确自己的目标，前路才能更顺畅！ Why do you do what you do? 你为什么要做手头上的事呢？ It...

A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect...

Simple happiness:let us count sheep together Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time watching sheep. I know that sounds strange, so let me explain… I’ve always been a city gir...

  Once there was a very rich man. He lived in a beautiful house, and had a beautiful garden. The rich man had a blue beard: so he was called  “Blue Beard”. Near the ri...