Most of us who have gone through our teenage years know the difficulty involved with resisting a dare. With friends egging us on, a cool image to uphold, and an ego to maintain, many of us would do just about any dumb thing that we were dared to do. But for some, those dares could …
Settle in for a hilarious story about a frugal man, his smart wife, and the value of making sure the promises you expect someone else to keep are free from loopholes! There lived a cheapskate of a man who, throughout his life, was very thrifty and stingy. He loved money more than anything else in the …
For centuries, dogs and cats have been considered opposites. They’re not expected to get along, and we’ve even coined cliches like “to fight like cats and dogs” to illustrate just how impossible a friendship between these two species can be. Of course, pet owners know this isn’t always the case! That’s why Tennyson the German …
When you lose a purse in a public place, it isn’t long before you realize with a sinking feeling that you may never see it – or any of the valuable items inside it – again. This was a feeling that teacher Lindsay Jones became familiar with as she drove home from a vacation with …
Winter weather isn’t one to scoff at! This bitter cold can be damaging to those who aren’t wearing properly warm attire. But not everyone can afford the clothes they need. When school bus driver and army veteran John Lunceford noticed one of the young boys boarding his bus crying, he quickly tried to see why …
Over 3 million students become victims of bullying annually. Victims are frightened to report their bullies and are worried they won’t be taken seriously, while many bullies continue to be let off by parents and teachers who don’t believe that they could do such a thing. But Bryan Thornhill would not fall into the trap …
In 2005, then 16-year-old Peta Butler was raped by her mother’s boyfriend in a situation that her mother purposefully orchestrated. Now, her mother has been sentenced and put away – but her rapist remains at large. Butler had been tricked by her mother into believing that they were going for a girls night out in …
In the Durrell Wildlife Conservative Trust, a miracle happened. A Sumatran orangutan, who was supposedly never going to be able to have a child, received help from a human doctor in order to bring that seemingly impossible reality to life. Thanks to the help of that doctor, the orangutan was able to have a baby after …
At this humble senior center, senior citizens as old as 98 come using the center’s shuttle bus daily to spend time with their peers. The directors of the center organize fun events involving dancing and games and make sure there are delicious meals ready for those who arrive every day. But the reason these seniors …
In full uniform, a traffic warden was wandering down a lonely, gloomy street on a dismal rainy day when he noticed an even sadder sight than the weather: a beaten-up old brown piano, left carelessly discarded on the side of the road. Stricken by the sight, the man walked up to the piano and lazily plinked …