The swallows and sparrows are very pleased to find a place on the roof of the hall for their nests.    The mother birds are feeding their babies with pleasu...

  Night after night, she came to tuck me in, even long after my childhood years. Following her longstanding custom, she‘d lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then...

There is a very famous traditional Chinese story that has a close connection to the Dragon Boat Festival. Once upon a time on E-Mei mountain there lived two snake spirits, White Sn...

A businessman walked into a New York City bank and asked for the loan officer. He said he was going to Europe on business for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000. The loan office...

I never considered myself unique, but people are constantly telling me, I‘m a miracle. To me, I was just an ordinary 'guy' with realistic goals and big dreams. I was a 19-year-old...

A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple he grew. One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to take it home and plant it. The far...

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...

      I will never forget the lessen which Mr. Li gave us. One day Mr. Li was speaking to us in our school meeting room. He began his speech by holding up a ￥1...

Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by air. He liked sitting beside a window when he was flying, so when he got on to the p...

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...