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Vanka
By Anton Checkov NINE-YEAR-OLD Vanka Zhukov, who had been apprenticed three months ago to Alyakhin the shoemaker, did not go to bed on Christmas eve. He waited till his master and mistress and the senior apprentices had gone to church, and then took from the cupboard a bottle of ink and a pen with a…
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Misery
AUTHOR: Anton Checkov Translated by: Constance Garnett “To whom shall I tell my grief?” The twilight of evening. Big flakes of wet snow are whirling lazily about the street lamps, which have just been lighted, and lying in a thin soft layer on roofs, horses’ backs, shoulders, caps. Iona Potapov, the sledge-driver, is all white…
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Gone Abroad
“Pari gharka khanxa ta bidesh hidna lako xan. Tanna paisa kamaune vaye.” The sentence may be too generalized and vague but is eerily familiar to us all. Similar words have been said in too many houses in Nepal every day. Foreign employment has been a stable base of financial gain for Nepalese people ever since…
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White spot of climate change, why we should be scared.
Author: Lycan It has always been difficult for man to comprehend a problem that he can’t see. This holds especially true if he thinks he is the cause of said problem and then has to change something he has already been doing. Thus man waits for a lesion to grow and a tooth to ache…
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What’s in a name huh?
Author: Unknown. Paraphrased from a story I read a long time ago The young boy was very happy today. He woke up earlier than usual and proceeded to quickly finish his chores. He could not afford to be late. He brushed his teeth and washed his hair with the water left over in the earthen…
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The Flaws of Democracy
Author: Lycan Once upon a time, a very long time ago, a not-so-great king lived somewhere. The most powerful in his lands, he could do anything he pleased. Then after his came his family and friends, who also could do anything, they wanted as long as it didn’t conflict in interest with the king himself.…
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Socrates Law of Gossip
Adapted from stories regarding Socrates Socrates, the great Greek philosopher, was once stopped by an acquaintance as he passed through the markets. “I’ve something important to tell you,” he said. “It’s about your friend.” “That’s very kind of you,” Socrates said. “But, don’t tell me just yet. I run all information through the Three Filters…
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No Rum This Winter
Author: Lycan So, the weather is cold outside. You and your friends are huddled inside, there is nowhere to visit in this weather. To pass time, you decide to play one of the many random indoor games and to heat yourself you decide to place a punishment of a shot of available alcoholic beverage. Yes,…
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The Prince and The Witch
Author: Adapted from the movie “A Monster Calls” “Let me tell you a story, of an end of a wicked queen and how I made sure she was never seen again” “Long ago, before there was a town with roads and trains and cars, there was a prosperous kingdom. The wise king of the kingdom…