Katrina Katrinka was like any other ordinary mother with two kids, a station wagon, and a 60 foot tall crane in her back yard. The crane just showed up one morning. A construction company was building an apartment building down the street. One day the company went bankrupt, and left their crane in Mrs. Katrinka's back yard. They just went bankru

                                                 

96.Older Goats in America
A group of Americans were traveling by tour bus through Holland. As they stopped at a cheese farm, a young guide led them through the process of cheese making, explaining that goats' milk was used.
She showed the group a lovely hil

Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. So one day he asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?”
God replied, “Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you.”
　　But the child wasn't su

      故事从一位职业医生Jack的视角展开，一架客机坠落在太平洋的一个孤岛上，48名乘客侥幸生还。得不到好的医疗，Jack只能用最简陋的办法将奄奄一息的人们一个个救活。在为生存而抗争的过程中，Jack成了英雄。
Out of the blackness, the first thing Jack (Matthew Fox, Party of Five) senses is pain. Then burning sun. A Bamboo forest. Smoke. Scream

Long long ago, there was a clam raiser who wanted to make the biggest pearl in the world. 
    He went to seaside to select sand grains. He asked the sand grains whether they wanted to turn into pearls , but in vain（徒劳的，无益的）. Clam raiser despaired. Finally one agreed.
    Any other sand grains all

      作者介绍: 特蕾莎修女(Mother Teresa,1910-1997)，印度著名的慈善家，印度天主教仁爱传教会创始人，在世界范围内建立了一个庞大的慈善机构网，赢得了国际社会的广泛尊敬。1979年被授予诺贝尔和平奖。本文所选即好在领取该奖项时的演讲辞，语言简洁质朴而感人至深。诺贝尔奖领奖台上响起的声音往往都是文采飞扬、热烈、激昂。而特雷莎修女的演说朴实无华，其所举事例听来似平凡之至，然而其中所蕴含的伟大而神圣的爱感人至深。平凡中孕育伟

      I’ll give you some advice about life.
给你生活的忠告
Eat more roughage;
多吃些粗粮；
Do more than others expect you to do and do it pains;
给别人比他们期望的更多，并用心去做；
Remember what life tells you;
熟记生活告诉你的一切；
Don’t ta

      Today, when I awoke, I suddenly realized that this is the best day of my life, ever! There were times when I wondered if I would make it to today; but I did! And because I did I''m going to celebrate!
Tod

      To My Friends Who Are........... SINGLE
Love is like a butterfly,
The more you chase it, the more it eludes you,
But if you just let it fly, it will come to you when you least expect it.

      "Of all the misconceptions about love, the most powerful and pervasive (普遍深入的）is the belief that falling in love is love or at least one of the manifestations （显现，表示）of love." -- M. SCOTT PECK
People w

      A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of

      A Little Piece of Me
When he told me he was leaving I felt like a vase which has just smashed. There were pieces of me all over the tidy, tan tiles. He kept talking, telling me why he was leaving, expl

      　　Consider… YOU. In all time before now and in all time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about th

     
　　A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day. He climbed to the tree top, ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow… He loved the tree and the tree loved