Our physics professor was struggling to draw the class into discussion of Archimede's principle of water displacement. He told us that Archimede noticed that when he got into a pool at the public bath ...

A mother is very good at using every chance to educate his son, who was only three years old. One day, she took a plug and said to her son, " Look, there are two pieces of copper1, so it must be plu ...

There was a man who raised a pig. He felt tired of it and gave it up. However, the pig knew the way to go home. The man did not succeed in doing so several times. One day, the man drove an vehicle ...

Barbara Walters filed report on gender roles in Kuwait a few years prior to the Gulf War, and noted then that, traditional Islamic fashion, women customarily walked about 10 feet behind their husbands ...

One evening a family brings their frail, elderly mother to a nursing home and leaves her, hoping she will be well cared for. The next morning, the nurses bathe her, feed her a tasty breakfast, and ...

The old age had crept in on Mrs. Daly. Aches and pains bothered her day and night. One day, she received a package with some pills and a letter from her son. The letter said, "Dear Mom, I am sending ...

A young man came home and said, "Dad, I just got my driver's license and would like to use the family car." Father replied, "Ok, son, But, first, you have to get good grades in school, keep your r ...

Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, was not very handsome, and he knew. One day, Lincoln was walking in the street when he was stopped by an ugly man. The man had a pistol in his ha ...

John had waited for months to get a divorce and now he was free from his domineering wife. "Free at last!" he screamed, throwing his divorce papers into the air. "Now, I can eat when I want to, ...

Harry was given two apples, a small one and a large one, by his Mum. Share them with your sister, she said. 　　So Harry gave the small one to his little sister and started touching into the large ...