• The Three Fishermen <4>

    16-06-10 Brother must have passed through the years in a hurry, remembering his father bringing him here as a boy. A ways back, Brother said in his clipped North Saugus fashion, outlander, specific, no waste in his words. Old Oren Bentley, it had been told u...

  • 怪声 怪腿 怪女孩

    16-01-27 This all started happening about 2 years ago, when my family and I moved into our new house. Everything was normal at first. We were building the house at the time. Some workers and some of my dad's family members came and helped out but there is a...

  • 才高八斗

    16-01-27 Tsau Pi and Tsau Jr were sons of Tsau Tsau. Both were very gifted writers, and Tsau Jr was especially quick-witted. After Tsau Tsau's death, Tsau Pi took over the throne of the kingdom of wei. Jealous of Tsau Jr's literary ability, and afraid that h...

  • I Still Choose "Mom"

    15-12-25 I watched through blurred vision as my husband, Chuck, walked away with his ex-wife. The heaviness in all our hearts was almost unbearable. Turning back to my stepsons casket I somehow helped my children pluck a rose from the brother spray to press...

  • 0n Christmas Eve

    15-09-06 A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile from his brother as Christmas present. On Christmas eve, when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was looking around the shining new car, admiring it. Is this your car, Mister? he said. Pau...

  • The three happy brothers 快乐的三兄弟

    15-04-03 There were three brothers.They each decided to find a precious treasure and meet a year later. One year later, the three brothers gathered again. They each boasted about the treasure they had. The oldest brother brought a telescope. I found a telesc...

  • The big oven 大火炉

    15-01-06 Once upon a time a man had a big house, and in the house there was a big oven, but this man's family was small -- only himself and his wife. When winter came, the man tried to keep his oven going all day, so that the entire stock of his firewood was...

  • A surprise 大吃一惊

    14-12-24 We had just moved into a new school district, when brother was invited to a surprise birthday party. He didn't want to go, however, because he couldn't recall ever meeting the birthday boy. Ridiculous! said my mother. If he didn't know you, his moth...

  • 五不足恃

    14-09-24 Believing that to govern a country well you would have to depend on some people, Wei Wenhou asked Gu Juanzi, Can I depend on my father, son, brother, and liegemen, who all have virtues and talents? Gu Juanzi gave him a negative answer and explained...

  • Settle down and settle up 一字之差

    14-08-21 When my brother, a notorious spender, came home for a visit, he told my father he was going to get married and settle down. Dad said, Why don't you stay single and settle up. 我的哥哥是个有名的挥霍者。他回家来时,告诉父亲说他要结婚了,要安定下来。父...