Reading – Đọc hiểu

+ Short Stories – Truyện Ngắn + Biographies – Tiểu Sử + Arts and Architectures – Nghệ Thuật và Kiến Trúc + Biology – Sinh Vật Học + Cultures and Traditions – Văn Hóa và Truyền Thống + Economy – Kinh Tế + Education – Giáo Dục + Environment – Môi Trường + Geography – […]

Do not read this story

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Cry me a river

Download Music – Listen Audio – Short Story_ Cry Me A River She wiped the wet fringes of what was left of a perm back under her hood and shouted after her wee boy, running ahead of her up the slope of the High Street. He danced on the pavement, waiting for her. “Stay by […]

Lilo is a fat cow

Embed Music – Free Audio – Short Story_ Lilo Is A Fat C… Leila loved bed. She loved bed more than anything else in the world. She also loved sofa, and was quite attached to the plush seats at the back of her local cinema. Leila had once caused her parents great anguish by getting […]

Coffee under the desk

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The Getaway Driver

Download Music – Upload Audio – Short Story_ The Getaway Dri… “He’s a moron.” “I know, I know,” nodded Tom. “There is more sense in a dead penguin,” Frank expanded. Tom just nodded this time. Such exchanges were regular but they didn’t upset me – I knew that they were just kidding. I had met […]

The walk home from school was always filled with their taunting faces. They danced around me singing that awful name. I’d get home, my clothes torn from the pulling and the groping. I’d fix on my Good Sammi smile. Good Sammi doesn’t cry or get upset. Mum loves Good Sammi, and when I’m good she […]

Hi. My Name Is…

Embed Music – Free Audio – Hi. My Name Is… BAM, BAM, BAM! The knocking on my front door was getting louder and more insistent. Good grief! Would she ever give up and just go away? I looked furtively around my living room to make sure there was no evidence that I was home. The […]

Taming the HULK

Mothers can relate to The Incredible Hulk. We all have those gentle Bruce Banner moments where our lives, and children, are calm, enriching and fulfilling. Birds sing on our shoulder while we bake cookies and our well-mannered kids sip lemonade on the front porch. Life is good. On the flip side are the moments that […]

Swansong

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