Stories

In order to renovate the house, someone in Japan breaks open the wall. Japanese houses normally have a hollow space between the wooden walls. When tearing down the walls, he found that there was a lizard stuck there because a nail from outside hammered into one of its feet. He

An anthropologist proposed games to some African tribal children. He placed a basket of fruits near a tree and made the children stand 100 meters away. He now announced that whoever reached the fruits first would get all the fruits in the basket. When he said ‘Ready, steady, go’, do

A military commander’s three-year-old daughter was a bundle of joy and energy. The commander was noted for his strict sense of discipline. One day, annoyed with the child’s antics, the mother commented to the father: “What is the use of you being a disciplinarian? Look at your daughter,

In the kingdom of Arabia, lived a queen called Layla. Her wisdom illuminated the land like the sun; her beauty blinded men, and her wealth was greater than any of her subjects. One morning, her chief advisor asked her, “Great queen Layla! You are the wisest, most beautiful and wealthiest

There was an old man in Kerala (India), noted for his serene temperament. Nothing could disturb his calm, not even the gravest provocation. He had in fact become a curiosity for everybody in the village. One day a few young pranksters decided that they would make him angry. They caught

When Jimmy Carter was President of USA, he once had some misunderstanding with his wife. Punctuality was almost an obsession with Carter, because of his naval training. Rosalyn, his wife, was punctual, though not up to his exacting standards. All too frequently, a deviation of five minutes or even less