The feathers of a Goose put the newly-fallen snow to the blush. Proud of this dazzling gift of Nature, she considered herself intended for a Swan, rather than for that which she wa...

I grew up in Jamaica Plain, an urban community located on the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts. In the 1940‘s it was a wholesome, quaint little community. It was my home and I l...

Pinocchio was very happy. He ran back to the old man‘s house. He was happy to be free. He ran inside and closed the door. Then, he heard a little voice. It said, 'You shouldn‘t b...

A Jobless man applied for the position of ‘office boy‘ at Microsoft. The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.  'You are employed' he sa...

Once upon a time an old man and woman lived in the mountains. Everyday the old man went to the mountain and collected firewood, while the old woman went to the river and did the la...

     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,' he thought. 'I w...

  A farmer took on firewood by tramping over mountains and through ravines every day, In order to get a day‘s rations and let his son goes to school with the remaining money....

  She was dancing. My crippled grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway absolutely stunned. I glanced at the kitchen table and sure enough-right under a sma...

But one night he working late at the Scanlon-Taylor mill, lugging two-by-fours to the truck, 1splinters slicing all the way through the glove. He too small for that kind a work, to...

        Once upon a time, there was a mouse father. He wanted to marry his daughter to the greatest person in the world. But, who was the grea...