Contemporary
The Book of Riches
“This is how you spent my hard earned money?”, said Amonsak as he threw the book he was holding in the floor, “Did you know that I would have to work for a week just to replace the money you spent on this book.”
“But it’s a very valuable book, father,” said Somchai, “with it, we can do a lot of things.”
“You and your dreams. I knew I shouldn’t have given you a chance to go to school. You should have been spending your time instead working on our farm.”
“But I don’t want to be a farmer, father. I want to be an engineer or even a doctor.”...
Story With Moral: Don’t Judge a Teen By His Posters
Amelia’s face turned red as she entered her young son’s room. There it was, plastered in one of the walls of his son’s bedroom, a poster of her son’s favorite actress. Her blood nearly boiled when she saw that the actress was posing provocatively, with hardly any clothing.
“Barney, get yourself in here,” she shouted as she looked at her son who was watching television in the living room, “what’s this in your room again? Another pornographic poster of
Georgia Wilde?”
“It’s not a pornographic poster, mom, It’s an artistic poster. Can’t you see she’s not naked?”
“Get over here, young man and prove to me that your new poster is not pornographic. I can almost see her private parts. She’s leaving nothing to the imagination.”
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Story With Moral: Work Is Hell
... He doesn’t know what to think of her. While he still hates her for berating him in the train several months ago, he also pities her now, knowing that she wasn’t coping well with her job. To make matters worse for her, a child in another table spilled his soda playfully.
As if the child was deliberately taunting her. Marlin paid very particular attention to her this time. He was keen to see how she would react regarding the spilled soda in the floor. To his surprise, the woman looked at him and he swore he saw tears in her eyes.
She dropped the mop in the floor and just walked out of the restaurant. Her manager shouted at her to come back while her male companion followed her out of the restaurant, also calling out to her to come back...
Do It Again?
Armand was walking in a dimly lit street in their neighborhood when he heard the sound of a woman crying for help. Instinctively, he ran and soon found a woman being harassed by a group of men...
Reward Money
Alfonso was sweating as he mopped one of the hallways of the hospital, but he did his job nevertheless. “My family is depending upon me,” he said to himself, “I don’t like doing this job, but it’s the only job I can get.” ...
Casey Jones’ Underwear And Lingerie
Matthew is a room attendant in a four star hotel. He doesn’t really enjoy cleaning hotel rooms, but he has no complaints. It’s a decent job that pays him a decent salary. It also enables him to meet other people, especially single women foreigners...
Regret Is Forever
Mark, who was a teenager, was eating at the school cafeteria when Ellen and her friends arrived and sat on a table close to him. Mark’s heart jumped with joy at the sight of Ellen. He had always had a big crush on her ever since he saw her...
The Fight Of His Life
George was a middle aged man. He works as a sales executive in a real estate company. He was a bit nervous because he and the department he heads, which is the sales department have not been meeting their quotas. It’s been almost a year since they met their quota...
The New Girl
Mark and Anthony were the best of friends even when they were still kids. Mark comes from a poor family while Anthony comes from a very rich family. When they grew up, Mark married while Anthony became a playboy...
Job Promotion
Jason was riding the train on his way to work this morning. As usual it was crowded. The bigger people crowded out the smaller people like him. The passengers who were standing in the train were all uncomfortable. He was used to this discomfort but this always makes him angry...
One Day In The Life Of A Frustrated Man
Jason was riding the train on his way to work this morning. As usual it was crowded. The bigger people crowded out the smaller people like him. The passengers who were standing in the train were all uncomfortable. He was used to this discomfort but this always makes him angry...
The Queen Of The Opera
The Hammy Opera Theater was full that night. Wendy and Boyd were in one of the corners of the theater watching Catherine perform. The opera was nearing its end and Catherine was singing the finale of the opera...
The Fish in Our Aquarium
When I was young we loved having pets. One of the pets we particularly liked best are aquarium fishes. Our aquariums started out small. We initially had a fish bowl with a goldfish in it. Like all excited pet owners we started decorating our fish bowl with sand, pebbles and plants. Of course we did not realise it then but we were overcrowding our fish bowl and suffocating our goldfish...