SELLING OF THE HOUSE

SELLING OF THE HOUSE Robert was trying to sell his house since long but couldn't succeed. One day, he took out a brick from the wall of his house. His wife angrily asked him, Why did you do that? Robert replied, You are foolish! You don't know anything. I know why am I failing again and again in selling my house. I have never shown its sample to anyone. Now I have got a customer. I have promised him to this brick as a sample of our house. His wife held her head at the foolishness of her husband.
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In The Spring - A Short Story

Written by Guy de Maupassant With the first day of spring, when the awakening earth puts on its garment of green, and the warm, fragrant air fans our faces and fills our lungs and appears even to penetrate to our hearts, we experience a vague, undefined longing for freedom, for happiness, a desire to run, to wander aimlessly, to breathe in the spring. The previous winter having been unusually severe, this spring feeling was like a form of intoxication in May, as if there were an overabundant supply of sap. One morning on waking I saw from my window the blue sky glowing in the sun above t ... read more
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THE MOSQUITO NET

THE MOSQUITO NET One day David asked his wife to go to the market and buy a mosquito net. His wife went to a shop and asked the shopkeeper to show her the best quality net. The shopkeeper showing her a very good net said, This is the best quality which you won't be able to find elsewhere. Not even a single mosquito can pass through it. Mrs. David refused to but the net. When the shopkeeper asked the reason, she said, If a mosquito can't pass through it, then how will we pass through it. Then she returned home and narrated the whole matter to her husband. Hearing the whole matter, David lau ... read more
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THE BLACK BAND

THE BLACK BAND One day Nick and Jane met in a garden. They were best friends and were studying in the same school in the same class. When they both were playing in the garden Jane saw a black band tied on the wrist of Nick. She asked him the reason for wearing that band. Nick replied, My mother tied it so that I don't forget to post an important letter. At this Jane asked, But where is the letter? Nick searched for it everywhere. Then he remembered that his mother had forgotten to give him the letter. When Jane came to know about this, both laughed a lot.
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The Elephant

Once upon a time, in a village far away, there lived six blind men. One day the villagers were very excited, and when they asked what was happening they told them, "Hey, there is an elephant in the village today!" They had no idea what an elephant was, and so they decided, "Even though we will not be able to see it, we can feel it. Let's go." So, they all went to where the elephant was, and each of them touched it: "Hey, the elephant is a pillar," said the first man, touching its leg. "Oh, no! it is like a rope," said the second man, who was touching the tail. "Oh, no! it is ... read more
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