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

THE LOVE TEST One day, two colleagues Henry and Peter were having their lunch. Just then Henry started having hiccups. When Peter asked him the reason, he replied that it was due to his wife's love. When his wife missed him a lot, he had loud hiccups. Peter thought how lucky Henry was to have such a loving wife. He hurried back to his house and started scolding his wife for not missing him. Then he narrated to her the whole matter. His wife understood where the problem was. Next day, she mixed a lot of chilli powder in the lunch. When Peter sat down to eat, he had hiccups. He thought, Oh d ... read more

Birbal caught the Thief Once a rich merchant’s house was robbed. The merchant suspected that the thief was one of his servants. So he went to Birbal and mentioned the incident. Birbal went to his house and assembled all of his servants and asked that who stole the merchant’s things. Everybody denied. Birbal thought for a moment, then gave a stick of equal length to all the servants of the merchant and said to them that the stick of the real thief will be longer by two inches tomorrow. All the servants should be present here again tomorrow with their sticks. All the servants went ... read more

TWO TARGETS IN ONE SHOT One night, two hunters were sitting in a bar and telling each other about their experiences. One of them said, I am really a great hunter. Once I shot a duck on its toe and head at the same time. The other hunter got surprised hearing this and said, Its not possible. You must be joking. No I am not joking, said the first hunter, The duck was scratching its head with its toe when I shot at it. At this, both of them laughed heartily.

There lived a black sheep in a nearby village. Every spring, he shaved his black wool and sold it to the villagers. The villagers made sweaters and socks from his black wool. One day, the black sheep noticed that he had some more wool left. He thought, ‘It would be such a waste if nobody wants to buy the wool.’ That afternoon, an old man came over to his wooden shed to see him. He wanted one bag full of the black sheep’s wool. Then an old woman came over. She also wanted a bag full of wool. A short while later, a little boy arrived. He also wanted one bag full of wool. Therefore, t ... read more