I was the new coach of a Little League baseball team and had not yet learned the names of my players. At our first game, I called each boy by the numb...
While on vacation in San Francisco, my sister developed a toothache. The hotel desk clerk recommended a dentist. Susan, who dislikes heights, was horr...
My husband asked me to go to the post office to mail his resume in anticipation of a job interview. He instructed me to send it the fastest way possib...
Frequent hand-washing in my job as a medical technologist and the harsh Alaskan weather combined to give me very dry skin. One night as I prepared for...
My cooking has always been the target of family jokes. One evening, as I prepared dinner a bit too quickly, the kitchen filled with smoke and the smok...
A teacher was always so involved in the text being studied that he never looked up . He would call on a student for translation and explanation, and-w...
While in Korea, Gov. Mike Smith of Utah was relaxing in the VIP lounge the Seoul airport, awaiting his flight to Japan. At the same moment , his press...
Three men were sitting on a park bench. The one in the middle was reading a newspaper; the others were pretending to fish. They baited imaginary hooks...
One day, John was back home after work. He found that his wife was shaking their daughter who was only half a year old. She said “Da-Dy“ to the baby m...
Peter was a clever boy. On his first day at school, he learned three words: 1, You and She. The teacher taught him how to make sentences with those wo...