Five Months OlderThe Second World War had begun, and John wanted to join the army, but he was only 16 years old, and boys were allowed to join only if...
A Tough Teacher A school teacher friend of mine injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. On his first day ...
The Name of a Poet Our teacher was telling us about a new system of memory training being used in some schools today． It works like this， she said．Sup...
I'm a police officer When my husband, Jack, was a police officer, he once approached a home guarded by two ferocious dogs. They lunged at the scre...
In a small pretty village in Notting ham shire there formerly lived a respectable Squire， who excelled all his friends in amusements athletic， and who...
The Same DutiesA retired four-star general ran into his former orderly, also retired, in a Manhattan bar and spent the rest of the evening persuading ...
A Business Trip On a business trip to India, a colleague of mine arrived at the airport in Dilhi. He took a taxi to his hotel, where he was greeted b...
A Brain Transplant The Brain Surgeon was about to perform a brain transplant. You have your choice of two brains, he told the patient, For $1000 you c...
Get a Job One day shortly after I had come home from college, my father was outside doing yard work. He found a baby bird under a tree and assumed it ...
Two Pieces of Cake Tom: Mom, can I have two pieces of cake, please? Mom: Certainly----take this piece and cut it two!...