Laba is celebrated on the eighth day of the last lunar month, referring to the traditional start of celebrations for the Chinese New Year. 'La' in Chinese means the 12th lunar mont...

A couple had been married for 25 years and were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day. During the celebration a fairy appeared and said that because they ha...

I’m willing to bet that there’s something you’ve always wanted to do. It could be that you’ve always wanted to write a novel.  Maybe you want to visit Africa or want to se...

     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...

  We had moved from Cairo to Mt. Vernon, Illinois, away from my grandmother when I was eight years old. I missed her terribly. I was told I was her favorite grandchild; she wa...

  Mr. Dawson was an old grouch, and everyone in town knew it. Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick a delicious apple, even off the ground, because old Dawson, they said,...

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...

There was a handful of clay in the bank of a river. It was only common clay, coarse and heavy; but it had high thoughts of its own value, and wonderful dreams of the great place wh...

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...

这是一位历史上最享盛名的神秘女子：她广播的艳名，她与恺撒、安东尼的两段恋情，她的丰功伟业与远大的政治报负，还有她结束于蛇吻的传奇一生。究竟埃及艳后的真面目如何？她不朽于世的奥秘在哪...