A Chinese Short Story

 (From my student Wendy Tai)

Once an old farmer took his aged donkey to work somewhere. The donkey fell into a dried-up well. The old farmer tried to get the donkey out of the well, but failed. Out of compassion, he decided to bury the aged donkey in the well, so the donkey will not suffer too much. He began to put soil into the well. The desperate donkey started to remove the soil out of his body. The more the farmer put soil into the well, then the donkey removed more. Eventually, the donkey was able to walk out of the well.

Hobby

Some people say that if you want to have a full excited life you need to have a hobby. Well, don’t know how much it is important for positive emotions but it helps me to release my stress. The favorite activity occupies my mind and does not let me think about my problems.

Different opinion

The dragonfly saw the airplane and envied that the airplane has strong wings.

At the same time the airplane was looking sadly at the dragonfly and thinking that the dragonfly looked like the airplane but alive!

“I would give everything just for a moment to be alive!”

The Advice of the Wise Man

-This beautiful woman hates compliments! –the man, who was in love with her, said to the wise man.

- Right,-the wise man agreed.-But let’s see what happens if you don’t give her any!

Hard Times

Truly you can understand what kind of person is next to you only through difficult situations. I was really surprised when all my so-called friends just ignored my problem saying phrases like “it’s a pity”. I felt very frustrated and only one man with whom I argued the most supported me and offered his help. I’m really grateful to him and happy to have a person next to me who can give a hand when it’s difficult.

The Spider and the Star

The Spider wanted to have a falling star and he decided to catch it with his web.”It could twinkle at night and attract silly bugs,”- he thought.

He made a huge web in the forest but could not catch a star. He was able to catch a lot of different bugs though. But he paid them no attention. He only needed a star.

So he died of hunger and tiredness.

Or maybe of something else?