CHAPTER ONE
Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements. As a young man of eighteen he had brought honor to his village by throwing Am

谁暗杀了林肯
"Who killed Abraham Lincoln*?" the teacher asked her
seventh-graders**.  Everyone but John raised a hand

Love, Park Avenue Style
I press down the backspace button and watch as my fifth attempt at a topic sentence deletes itself letter by letter. Jean Piaget... what to say, what to say?
I slouch back, rolling my neck on the top of the chair, and stare out at the gray clouds drifting slowly above the roofs of the brown-stones across t

"Grandma's been looking all over for you so we can cut the cake," I say, stepping into my grandmother's dressing room, where my father has found respite from the joint New Year's Eve/Fiftieth Birthday Party she insisted on throwing for the "one son God blessed her with."
"Quick, close the door! I'm not ready yet-too many of those people out th

Holiday Cheer at $10  an Hour
I turn the key and lean into the Xes' heavy front door, as has become my habit, but it only swings open a foot before getting stuck.
"Huh," I say.
"Huh," Grayer echoes behind me.
"Something's blocking the door," I explain as I reach my arm around and begin to grope blindly to ide

Night of the Bankin
After picking up some small pumpkins to decorate on the way home from school, Grayer and I return to the apartment just in time for me to sign an invoice for over four thousand dollars. Grayer and I follow in awe as a deliveryman wheels a pair of six-foot wooden crates through the kitchen and deposits them in the front hal

Multitasking
Nanny,
      While you're on your play date with Alex today, please ask Alex's mother who catered her last dinner - tell her I thought  Cajun - infused Asian was a stroke of genius.
Just to let you know, the parents are DIVORCING.  So sad.  Please make sure Grayer doesn't s

Fall
Then, with a long, loud sniff, that seemed to indicate that she had made up her mind, she said:"l'll take the position."
"For all the world,"as Mrs. Banks said to her husband later, "as though she were doing us an honour."
-MARY POPPINS
CHAPTER  ONE
Nanny for Sale
"Hi, this is Alexis at t

Long, long ago, there was a good and honest man,whose name was Yohyo.He lived in a small village and worked as a woodcutter.
  One cold day in winter, when deep snow lay on the ground, Yohyo was returning home from his work in the forest. Over his shouider he carrid a sack of wood1, and as it was near evening and it was getting very

The thing that goes the farthest toward making life worthwhile,
That costs the least and does the most, is just a pleasant smile.
The smile that bubbles from the heart that loves its fellow men,
Will drive away the clouds of gloom and coax the sun again.
It's full of worth and goodness, too, with manly kindness ble

    Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
    He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from r

On the seashore of endless worlds children meet.
The infinite sky is motionless overhead
And the restless water is boisterous.
On the seashore of endless worlds
The children meet with shouts and dances.
They build their houses with sand,
And they play with

hello, i am just back from HEISHUI KALONGGOU valley, now sharing my journey with you. it was very cold there, freezing, snowing, but interesting.

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Fathers seldom say "I love you"
Though the feeling's always there
But somehow those three little words
Are the hardest ones to share
And fathers say "I love you"
In ways t