The Strange Banquet

In a land of ancient times and a new earth, a man named Murjan the carpenter lived. He was a young man who loved to travel and tour across the sea and mountains, but he decided after years of long travel to return to his homeland and live in peace. He traveled a long distance until he reached a big city, where he was in extreme fatigue and exhaustion. Hunger and thirst were consuming him completely. ...

Positive Attitude in Life

In one of the famous telecommunications companies, a man named Michael worked. Michael was a smiling man, the type who always used to smile at life and look at the bright side in it. Michael always advised his colleagues at the company to look at everything positive in life so they would enjoy it. Once, one of the company’s employees went up to his office and asked him how he could be positive all the time. Michael said to him: When I wake up every morning, I tell myself you have two choices today: either to be in a good mood or in a bad one, and I always choose the good mood. ...

Puppies for Sale

In the house of one of the farmers, a group of small dogs was living with their mother. One time, the farmer wanted to sell them, so he placed on the wall of his house a board written on it: There are dogs here for sale. One day, this board fell, so the farmer went to fix it. While he was like this, he felt the touch of a small hand pulling from his clothes. He opened to find a small child. ...

Randa Becomes a Writer

Randa, a smart, polite, and hard-working girl, would every day when she returned from her school in the afternoon, help her mother in housework, then study her lessons, then sit for reading. The topic of the essay that the teacher had given her yesterday was saying: Write a creative topic about what you want to become in the future. Randa wrote beautiful things, saying she loved to become an important and famous writer. Randa read her topic in front of her classmates and teacher in the class. The teacher was amazed at her beautiful style, elegant phrases, and new ideas. ...

The Farmer and the Rabbits

In ancient times, there was a good farmer who owned an animal farm. Among them were three small rabbits, each with a different color and also different characteristics from his brothers. The first rabbit was gray in color, a gentle rabbit but ate greedily. Whenever he saw food, he would eat it all. As for the second, he was black in color, enjoyed extreme cleverness but unfortunately was quick to anger and emotion. He would quickly get angry and emotional over any matter. As for the third, he was white in color, extremely polite but unfortunately extremely lazy and lived in a dream world. He would imagine day and night where the white rabbit would enjoy. He would imagine greatly, and the good farmer would care for them all, never distinguishing in his dealings with them at all. ...

The Traveling Dove

On one of the beautiful, bright days, after the rays of the sun had cast their light on the dove’s face, the dove turned to talk to her husband and informed him that she desired to travel from this place where they had built their nest. For years past, they had not left that village where they lived, and they had seen nothing but its animals and farmers and their houses. They would build their nest every year over the palm tree located in the same village, and the place never changed. ...

The Royal Duck

Inside the beautiful stable, the mother duck, Butta, was lying and incubating eggs she had laid. She gathered them all and sat over them to warm them with her body and beautiful feathers until they hatched and the small ducks appeared. She was awaiting this day with extreme longing until the eggs hatched and she saw her little ones whom she had surrounded with care and attention, providing sufficient warmth for them even as embryos inside the eggshells. ...

The Child and the Blue Genie

Little Mazen is a child in the tenth year of his age. He moved with his small family to a new house near his father’s work so that he would not feel exhausted from driving for a long time. The good father was able to find a beautiful house, and for Mazen there was a special room in it, which he was very happy with, especially the upper room. In Mazen’s view, it abounded with many precious things. He was always fond of everything antique, and in the upper room, he found many jugs, wooden and ivory artifacts, and also brass ones. ...

The Inspiring Interview

In one of the large companies that announced a job opening for a manager position, a young man named Karl applied for work. This young man was able to pass all the written exams successfully and also the group interview that was held for all applicants. He began preparing for the final interview with the company director. When the young man entered to interview the company director, the director welcomed him and said to him: Please sit, Master Karl. Then the director began looking at his resume and examining it carefully. It was truly good, for the director saw that the young man had done excellent work throughout his academic life. The director began looking at him with interest and asking him: Did you receive any scholarship at your school or college? ...

A Son Wisdom

In a beautiful town in Bihar state in India, there lived a very rich man named Galib. He possessed a lot of wonderful wealth that God had granted him, so he lived in luxury and richness like no other. Galib used to always boast of his wealth and what he possessed in front of his friends and relatives. He often spoke arrogantly and proudly to everyone. His son Komal was studying at that time in a place far from Bihar state. During the mid-year holiday vacation, Komal returned to his home to spend the holiday with his family. The rich father wanted his son to know the size of his wealth and make him realize that their life is the pinnacle of luxury and comfort, unlike the poor who always suffer. ...