Be Kind

Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind. No act of kindness is ever wasted. Smile. Be Kind.

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk.

He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe you?”

“You don’t owe me anything,” she replied. “Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.”

He said, “Then I thank you from my heart.”

As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.

Year’s later that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease.

Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.

Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room.

She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally she looked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill. She began to read the following words:

“Paid in full with one glass of milk”

Signed, Dr. Howard Kelly.

Author Unknown

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The singer lamb بره آوازه خوان

The goat with a bell-foot بز زنگوله پا



The fox and the crow روباه و کلاغ



The three fish سه ماهی



The rolling pumpkin کدوی قلقله زن



The last lesson درس آخر

داستان خرگوش و لاک پشت

The Hare and the Tortoise

One day the Hare laughed at the short feet and slow speed of the Tortoise. The Tortoise replied:

"You may be as fast as the wind, but I will beat you in a race!"

The Hare thought this idea was impossible and he agreed to the proposal. It was agreed that the Fox should choose the course and decide the end.

The day for the race came, and the Tortoise and Hare started together.

The Tortoise never stopped for a moment, walking slowly but steadily, right to the end of the course. The Hare ran fast and stopped to lie down for a rest. But he fell fast asleep. Eventually, he woke up and ran as fast as he could. But when he reached the end, he saw the Tortoise there already, sleeping comfortably after her effort

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There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down.

He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.

You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry the wound is still there." A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one ."

عشق مادر

MOTHER’S LOVE

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

For cutting the grass: $5.00
For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00
For going to the store for you: $.50
Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $.25
Taking out the garbage: $1.00
For getting a good report card: $5.00
For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00
Total owed: $14.75

Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he’d written on, and this is what she wrote:

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ادامه نوشته

پدر ما چقدر فقیریم

One day a father and his rich family took his son to a trip to the country with the firm purpose to show him how poor people can be.
They spent a day and a night in the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"
"Very good Dad!" "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked.
"Yeah!"
"And what did you learn?"
The son answered, "I saw that we have a dog at home, and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden, they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden, they have the stars. Our patio reaches to the front yard, they have a whole horizon." When the little boy was finishing, his father was speechless.
His son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are

مردی با چهار زن

There was a rich merchant who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to delicacies. He took great care of her and gave her nothing but the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much. He's very proud of her and always wanted to show off her to his friends. However, the merchant is always in great fear that she might run away with some other men. He too, loved his 2nd wife. She is a very considerate person, always patient and in fact is the merchant's confidante. Whenever the merchant faced some problems, he always turned to his 2nd wife and she would always help him out and tide him through difficult times. Now, the merchant's 1st wife is a very loyal partner and has made great contributions in maintaining his wealth and business as well as taking care of the household. However, the merchant did not love the first wife and although she loved him deeply, he hardly took notice of her. One day, the merchant fell ill. Before long, he knew that he was going to die soon. He thought of his luxurious life and told himself, "Now I have 4 wives with me. But when I die, I'll be alone. How lonely I'll be!" Thus, he asked the 4th wife, "I loved you most, endowed you with the finest clothing and showered great care over you. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?" "No way!" replied the 4th wife and she walked away without another word. The answer cut like a sharp knife right into the merchant's heart. The sad merchant then asked the 3rd wife, "I have loved you so much for all my life. Now that I'm dying, will you follow me and keep me company?" "No!" replied the 3rd wife. "Life is so good over here! I'm going to remarry when you die!" The merchant's heart sank and turned cold. He then asked the 2nd wife, "I always turned to you for help and you've always helped me out. Now I need your help again. When I die, will you follow me and keep me company?" "I'm sorry, I can't help you out this time!" replied the 2nd wife. "At the very most, I can only send you to your grave." The answer came like a bolt of thunder and the merchant was devastated. Then a voice called out : "I'll leave with you. I'll follow you no matter where you go." The merchant looked up and there was his first wife. She was so skinny, almost like she suffered from malnutrition. Greatly grieved, the merchant said, "I should have taken much better care of you while I could have !" Actually, we all have 4 wives in our lives a. The 4th wife is our body. No matter how much time and effort we lavish in making it look good, it'll leave us when we die. b. Our 3rd wife ? Our possessions, status and wealth. When we die, they all go to others. c. The 2nd wife is our family and friends. No matter how close they had been there for us when we're alive, the furthest they can stay by us is up to the grave. d. The 1st wife is in fact our soul, often neglected in our pursuit of material, wealth and sensual pleasure. Guess what? It is actually the only thing that follows us wherever we go. Perhaps it's a good idea to cultivate and strengthen it now rather than to wait until we're on our deathbed to lament

Peacock and the Tortoise

ONCE upon a time a peacock and a tortoise became great friends. The peacock lived on a tree by the banks of the stream in which the tortoise had his home. Everyday, after he had a drink of water, the peacock will dance near the stream to the amusement of his tortoise friend.
One unfortunate day, a bird-catcher caught the peacock and was about to take him away to the market. The unhappy bird begged his captor to allow him to bid his friend, the tortoise good-bye.
The bird-catcher allowed him his request and took him to the tortoise. The tortoise was greatly disturbed to see his friend a captive.
The tortoise asked the bird-catcher to let the peacock go in return for an expensive present. The bird-catcher agreed. The tortoise then, dived into the water and in a few seconds came up with a handsome pearl, to the great astonishment of the bird-catcher. As this was beyond his exceptions, he let the peacock go immediately.
A short time after, the greedy man came back and told the tortoise that he had not paid enough for the release of his friend, and threatened to catch the peacock again unless an exact match of the pearl is given to him. The tortoise, who had already advised his friend, the peacock, to leave the place to a distant jungle upon being set free, was greatly enraged at the greed of this man.
“Well,” said the tortoise, “if you insist on having another pearl like it, give it to me and I will fish you out an exact match for it.” Due to his greed, the bird-catcher gave the pearl to the tortoise, who swam away with it saying, “I am no fool to take one and give two!” The tortoise then disappeared into the water, leaving the bird-catcher without a single pearl

روزی روزگاری،طاووس و لاک پشتی بودن که دوستای خوبی برای هم بودن.طاووس نزدیک درخت کنار رودی که لاک پشت زندگی می کرد، خونه داشت.. هر روز پس از اینکه طاووس نزدیک رودخانه آبی می خورد ، برای سرگرم کردن دوستش می رقصید.
یک روز بدشانس، یک شکارچی پرنده، طاووس را به دام انداخت و خواست که اونو به بازار ببره. پرنده غمگین، از شکارچی اش خواهش کرد که بهش اجازه بده از لاک پشت خداحافظی کنه.
شکارچی خواهش طاووس رو قبول کرد و اونو پیش لاک پشت برد. لاک پشت از این که میدید دوستش اسیر شده خیلی ناراحت شد.اون از شکارچی خواهش کرد که طاووس رو در عوض دادن هدیه ای باارزش رها کنه. شکارچی قبول کرد.بعد، لاکپشت داخل آب شیرجه زد و بعد از لحظه ای با مرواریدی زیبا بیرون اومد. شکارچی که از دیدن این کار لاک پشت متحیر شده بود فوری اجازه داد که طاووس بره. مدت کوتاهی بعد از این ماجرا، مرد حریص برگشت و به لاک پشت گفت که برای آزادی پرنده ، چیز کمی گرفته و تهدید کرد که دوباره طاووس رو اسیر میکنه مگه اینکه مروارید دیگه ای شبیه مروارید قبلی بگیره. لاک پشت که قبلا به دوستش نصیحت کرده بود برای آزاد بودن ، به جنگل دوردستی بره ،خیلی از دست مرد حریص، عصبانی شد.
لاک پشت گفت:بسیار خوب، اگه اصرار داری مروارید دیگه ای شبیه قبلی داشته باشی، مروارید رو به من بده تا عین اونو برات پیدا کنم. شکارچی به خاطر طمعش ،مروارید رو به لاک پشت داد. لاک پشت درحالیکه با شنا کردن از مرد دور می شد گفت: من نادان نیستم که یکی بگیرم و دوتا بدم. بعد بدون اینکه حتی یه مروارید به شکارجی بده، در آب ناپدید شد.

The Wind and the Sun

The Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming down the road, and the Sun said: "I see a way to decide our dispute. Whichever of us can cause that traveller to take off his cloak shall be regarded as the stronger. You begin."

So the Sun retired behind a cloud, and the Wind began to blow as hard as it could upon the traveller. But the harder he blew the more closely did the traveller wrap his cloak round him, till at last the Wind had to give in despair.

Then the Sun came out and shone in all his glory upon the traveller, who soon found it too hot to walk with his cloak on.

Kindness affects more than severity.

هدیه پدر به دخترش چه بود؟ قدر پدر و مادر خود را بدانیم.

One day an 11 year old girl asked her daddy,
“What are you going to get me for my 15th birthday?”
The father replied, “There is much time left.”

When the girl was 14 she fainted and was rushed to the hospital.
The doctor came out and told her dad she had a bad heart& she is probably gonna die
When she was lying in the hospital bed she said
“Daddy,. have they told you i am going to die ?”
The father replied no you will live as he left weeping.

She said “How can you be sure.”
He turned around from the door and said “I know.”

.
She turns 15 when she is recovering and comes home to find a letter on her bed. It says ;
“My Dearest Daughter, if you are reading this it means all went well as I told you.

One day you asked me what I was giving you for your 15th birthday,

I didn’t know then but now my preasent to you is MY HEART.”

Her father donated his heart♥

ENGLISH IS COOL :منبع

The Ant and the Grasshopper

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.

"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of toiling and moiling in that way?"

"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same."

"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil.

When the winter came the Grasshopper found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing, every day, corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer.

Then the Grasshopper knew...

It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

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There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down.

He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one.

You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry the wound is still there." A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one ."/**/

زمانی ،پسربچه ای بود که رفتار بدی داشت.پدرش به او کیفی پر از میخ داد و گفت هرگاه  رفتار بدی انجام داد،باید میخی را به دیوار فروکند.

روز اول پسربچه،37 میخ وارد دیوارکرد.در طول هفته های بعد،وقتی یادگرفت بر رفتارش کنترل کند،تعداد میخ هایی که به دیوار میکوبید به تدریج کمتر شد.

او فهمید که کنترل رفتار، از کوبیدن میخ به دیوار آسانتر است.

سرانجام روزی رسید که پسر رفتارش را به کلی کنترل کرد. این موضوع را به پدرش گفت و پدر پیشنهاد کرد اکنون هر روزی که رفتارش را کنترل کند، میخی را بیرون بکشد.روزها گذشت و پسرک سرانجام به پدرش گفت که تمام میخ ها را بیرون کشیده.پدر دست پسرش را گرفت و سمت دیوار برد.پدر گفت: تو خوب شده ای اما به این سوراخهای دیوار نگاه کن.دیوار شبیه اولش نیست.وقتی چیزی را با عصبانیت بیان می کنی،آنها سوراخی مثل این ایجاد می کنند. تو میتوانی فردی را چاقو بزنی و آنرا دربیاوری . مهم نیست که چقدر از این کار ،اظهار تاسف کنی.آن جراحت همچنان باقی می ماند.

ایجاد یک زخم بیانی(رفتار بد)،به بدی یک زخم و جراحت فیزیکی است.

 

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Gray Hairs

One day, a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast to her brunette hair. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?" Her mother replied "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white." The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then asked, "Mom, how come all of grandma's hairs are white?"

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1. A Baby and a Sock 2. Birds and a Baby 3. A Cat and a Dog 4. The Baby Bear 5. An Apple Pie 6. The Top Bunk 7. Ask Santa 8. A Birthday Bike 9. In the Garden 10. Today’s Mail 11. Boys Will Be Boys 12. A Good Meal 13. No Food, No Job 14. New Shoes 15. No Friends for Me 16. Life Is Good 17. Tell the Truth 18. Corn for People and Animals 19. God Loves Babies 20. Don’t Be Late 21. A Clean Car 22. Just a Cough 23. Rain and Hail 24. Hungry Birds 25. At the Bus Stop 26. Brown and Blue Eyes 27. Farm Animals 28. Wash Your Nose 29. Catch Some Fish 30. An Impolite Bird 31. Daddy Likes Beer 32. Bears and a Pig 33. She Wants to Ride 34. A Second Job 35. A Short Plane Ride 36. A Windy Day 37. Snowed In 38. Try to Tell the Truth 39. A Bad Economy 40. The Birthday Party 41. Plants Need Water 42. Life Will Be Better 43. A Lucky Day 44. My Family’s House 45. Wash Your Hands 46. She Writes Letters 47. A Bus Accident 48. A Headache 49. She’s So Hungry 50. Basketball in LA 51. A Hard Head 52. Homeless People 53. A Day at the Beach 54. Thank You, Mom 55. The Check for Rent 56. At the Casino 57. Life is a Rainbow 58. Squares and Circles 59. Don’t Be Stupid 60. New Kittens 61. My Girlfriend 62. Don’t Be Fat 63. A Pizza 64. What Do You Wear? 65. My Dad 66. Junk Mail 67. My Best Friend 68. More Good News, Please 69. Popcorn 70. Roaches 71. He Loves Birds 72. Roses Are Red 73. Violets Are Blue 74. I Have a Question 75. Do This, Daddy Says 76. Don’t Do This, Mommy Says 77. A Bad Boy 78. The Cigarette 79. A Smoker Quits 80. A School Day 81. People Are Poor 82. New Lipstick 83. Things to Do 84. Daddy Is Watching 85. It Looks Like Rain 86. An Old Dog 87. New York City 88. He Climbs Trees 89. A Drunk Driver 90. A Wedding 91. Peanuts and Ham 92. I Want to Swim 93. A New Law 94. She Plays Golf 95. The Fat Actress 96. A Tornado 97. Two Men 98. A Big Cat 99. He Loved Her 100. The Fire

101. Do the Laundry 102. A Drunk Pilot 103. A Free Breakfast for Everyone 104. Make a Sandwich 105. Fry an Egg 106. Watch a DVD 107. Make Some Coffee 108. Get Dressed 109. Buy a Lotto Ticket 110. Brush Your Teeth 111. Shave Your Face 112. Vacuum the Carpet 113. Change a Light Bulb 114. Change a Tire 115. Peel a Carrot 116. Make Some Toast 117. Two Babies 118. Problems at Home 119. What’s That Smell? 120. Time to Shop 121. Fix the Car 122. Take a Drive 123. A Thief on the Sidewalk 124. A Cat Scratch 125. School Fight 126. The Painter 127. Halloween 128. School Starts 129. The Indoor Antenna 130. The Tomato 131. The Birthday Cake 132. Dinner Chores 133. Pay the Interest 134. He Loves His Country 135. The Winner 136. Forever Single 137. A New Family 138. The Paint Job 139. Baseball Dreams 140. Walk the Dog 141. The Mole 142. A Barking Dog 143. A Christmas Present 144. Cross the Street 145. Who Sits in the Front? 146. The World Map 147. Go to the Park 148. Drive the Car 149. Something’s Biting Him 150. Visit the Ocean 151. Does It Hurt? 152. White Spots 153. Hot Chocolate 154. Her Meow Book 155. He Will Go to Heaven 156. A Birthday Dress 157. Cookies for Students 158. Don’t Call Me "Honey" 159. Teacher Feels Dizzy 160. She’s So Lonely 161. A Cat and a Squirrel 162. The Moon and the Sun 163. Golf Lessons 164. Clothes Shopping in NYC 165. A Quiet Pet 166. A Small Apartment 167. Brown Spots 168. A Short Plane Trip 169. He Forgot Again 170. The Rent Check 171. A Black President 172. A Nosy Coworker 173. The Wrong Train 174. What's That Buzz? 175. The Citizenship Interview 176. Here Comes the Flu 177. Her 10th Birthday 178. Tired All the Time 179. Sugar for Sugar 180. He Hates Carrots 181. Rent or Quit 182. Sharon Goes Shopping 183. Iced Coffee 184. Saved by the Cowbell 185. A Beer Drinker 186. A Man with a Gun 187. A Car Chase 188. An Unlucky Winner 189. Unhappy Prisoners 190. The Big Game 191. Buy a Goat 192. Where’s Kitty? 193. 30 Years Late 194. A Wet Kitchen Floor (1) 195. A Wet Kitchen Floor (2) 196. A Brand New Bike 197. Easter Eggs 198. Hotel Germs 199. No Doggy Bag 200. Cheaper School Book

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a rose

Rose

A certain man planted a rose and wanted it faithfully and before it blossomed, he examined it. He saw the bud that would soon blossom, but noticed thorns upon the stem and he thought,: How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?

مرد محققی گیاه رزی را کاشت ودائما به آن آب داد و قبل از شکوفه کردن ،به بررسی آن پرداخت. او دید که بزودی جوانه گل، شکوفه می دهد، اما متوجه خارهایی روی ساقه گل شد.با خود اندیشید: از گیاهی آزاردهنده با خارهای تیز، چطور گلی به این زیبایی می روید؟

Sadness by this thought, he neglected to water the rose, and just before it was ready to bloom…it died.

از این فکرها ناراحت شد و از آب دادن به گل غفلت کرد و درست قبل از اینکه گیاه گلی بدهد،پزمرده شد و مرد.

So it is with many people .within every soul there is a rose .the God-like qualities planted in us at birth, grow amid the thorns of our faults .many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns, the defects

بدینسان گل با خیلی ها است..درون هر روحی ،گل رزی وجود دارد.ارزش های الهی(خوبی ها) با نفس کشیدن در درون ما در بین خارهای اشتباهات رشد کردند.خیلی از ما انسانها به خودمان نگاه می کنیم و تنها به دنبال اشتباهاتمان هستیم

We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us. We neglect to water the good within us, and eventually it dies. We never realize our potential

با این تفکر که هیچ کار خوبی از ما بر نمی آید، ناامید می شویم. ما خوبیهای درونمان را نادیده می گیریم و سرانجام آن می میرد.ما هرگز نیروهای بالقوه مان را کشف نمی کنیم

Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show it to them. One of the greatest gifts a person can posses is to be able to reach past the thorns of another, and find the rose within them

برخی ها ، گل رزی درونشان نمی یابند. شخص دیگری باید به آنها نشان دهد. یکی از بزرگترین نعمتهایی که یک شخص می تواند دارا باشد این است که بتواند خارها(اشتباهات) دیگران را نادیده بگیرد و گل رز(خوبی) درون آنها را پیدا کند

این یکی از ویژگیهای عشق است…که شخصی را نگاه کند ،اشتباهات او را بداند و آن شخص را به زندگی اش راه دهد. پس به دیگران کمک کنید تا درک کنند که می توانند بر اشتباهاتشان فائق آیند.اگر ما گل درونشان را به آنها نشان دهیم ،آنها خارهایشان را می شکنند.تنها پس از آن است که آنها می توانند بارها و بارها گل دهند

 

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a story

 Be special to others

    A group of frogs were traveling through the woods , and two of them fell in to a deep pit . All the other frogs gathered around the pit . When they saw how deep the pit was , they told the two frogs that they were as good as dead . the two frogs ignored the comments and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their might . The other frogs kept telling them to stop , that they were as good as dead . Finally , one of the frogs took heed to what the other frogs were saying and gave up . He fell down and died . The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could . Once again , the crowd of frogs yelled at him to stop the pain and just die . He jumped even harder and finally made it out . When he got out , the other frogs said , “ Did you not hear us ? “ The frog explained to them that he was deaf . He thought they were encouraging him the entire time .

What does this story teach us ?

1.     There is power of life and death in the tongue . An encouraging word to someone who is down can lift them  up and help them make it through the day .

2.     A destructive word to someone who is down can be what it takes to kill them . Be careful of what you say .

گروهی از قورباغه ها از بیشه ای عبور می کردند . دو قورباغه از بین آنها درون گودال عمیقی افتادند. وقتی دیگر قورباغه ها دیدند که گودال چقدر عمیق است ،به دو قورباغه گفتند آنها دیگر می میرند. دو قورباغه نصایح آنها را نادیده گرفتند و سعی کردند با تمام توانشان از گودال بیرون بپرند. سرانجام یکی از آنها به آنچه دیگر قورباغه ها می گفتند، اعتنا کرد و دست از تلاش برداشت. به زمین افتاد و مرد. قورباغه دیگر به تلاش ادامه داد تا جایی که توان داشت. بار دیگر قورباغه ها سرش فریاد کشیدند که دست از رنج کشیدن بردارد و بمیرد. او سخت تر شروع به پریدن کرد و سرانجام بیرون آمد. وقتی او از آنجا خارج شد. قورباغه های دیگر به او گفتند :آیا صدای ما را نشنیدی؟ قورباغه به آنها توضیح داد که او ناشنوا است.او فکر کرد که قورباغه ها، تمام مدت او را تشویق می کردند.

داستان دو درس به ما می آموزد:
قدرت زندگی و مرگ در زبان است. یک واژه دلگرم کننده به کسی که غمگین است می تواند باعث پیشرفت او شود و کمک کند در طول روز سرزنده باشند
 یک واژه مخرب به کسی که غمگین است می تواند موجب مرگ او شود,و اينكه
پس مراقب آنجه می گویی باش.

 

داستان خفاش و راسو

The Bat And The Weasels    داستان خفاش و راسو

One day a bat fell on the ground and was caught by a weasel.

"Please don't eat me!" begged the bat.

The weasel refused. He said, "Weasels are the enemies of all birds! I must eat you!"

The bat said, "No, no, I am not bird! I am a mouse!"

The weasel believed the bat, so he set the bat free.

A little while later the bat fell to the ground again. He was caught by another weasel. Again, he begged, "Please don't eat me!"

The weasel said, "I hate mice! You are a mouse, so I will eat you!"

The bat said, "No, no, I am not mouse! I am a bird!"

The weasel believed the bat, so he set the bat free.

MORAL: It is wise to turn situations to one's benefit.

 

a short story

Three Rooms in Hell  سه اتاق در جهنم

 
A man dies and goes to Hell. The Devil meets him at the gates and says "There are three rooms here. You can choose which one you want to spend eternity in". The Devil takes him to the first room where there are people hanging from the walls by their wrists and obviously in agony. The Devil takes him to the second room where the people are being whipped with metal chains. The Devil then opens the third door, and the man looks inside and sees many people sitting around, up to their waists in garbage, drinking cups of tea. The man decides instantly which room he is going to spend eternity in and chooses the last room. He goes into the third room, picks up his cup of tea and the Devil walks back in saying "Ok, guys, tea break's over, back on your heads!"

Easy Story

Two sisters and the cat

Mrs Wilson and Mrs Smith are sisters. Mrs Wilson lives in a house in Duncan and Mrs Smith lives in a condominium in Victoria. One day Mrs Wilson visited her sister. When her sister answered the door Mrs Wilson saw tears in her eyes. "What's the matter?" she asked. Mrs Smith said "My cat Sammy died last night and I have no place to bury him".

She began to cry again. Mrs Wilson was very sad because she knew her sister loved the cat very much. Suddenly Mrs. Wilson said "I can bury your cat in my garden in Duncan and you can come and visit him sometimes. Mrs. Smith stopped crying and the two sisters had tea together and a nice visit

It was now five o'clock and Mrs Wilson said it was time for her to go home. She put on her hat, coat and gloves and Mrs Smith put the dead Sammy into a shopping bag. Mrs Wilson took the shopping bag and walked to the bus stop. She waited a long time for the bus so she bought a newspaper. When the bus arrived she got on the bus, sat down and put the shopping bag on the floor beside her feet. She then began to read the newspaper. When the bus arrived at her bus stop she got off the bus and walked for about two minutes. Suddenly she remembered she left the shopping bag on the bus.

داستان بره و گرگ

The Wolf And The Lamb      

A wolf met a lamb that had walked away from the other sheep in the fold. He told the lamb that he wouldn't hurt him. Secretly though, he planned to eat the lamb! But first he needed to find a good reason for eating the lamb.

So he said to the lamb, "Sir, last year you rudely insulted me."

"I don't think that's possible," bleated the lamb in a sad voice, "I was not even born then."

So the wolf then said, "You eat the grass in my field."

"No, good sir," replied the lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass."

The wolf tried again. "You drink the water in my well," he growled.

"No!" exclaimed the lamb,"I never drank your water because my mother's milk is both food and drink to me."

Suddenly the wolf jumped on the lamb and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't be hungry even though you argue against every one of my reasons for eating you."

Moral: The tyrant will always find a reason for his tyranny.

 

a short story

The Frog in the Well

There was a frog that lived in a shallow well.

" Look how well off I am here ! " he told a big turtle from the Eastern Ocean. " I can hop along the coping of the well when I go out, and rest by a crevice in the bricks on my return. I can wallow to my heart's content with only my head above water, or stroll ankle deep through soft mud. No crabs or tadpoles can compare with me. I am master of the water and lord of this shallow well, What more can  a fellow ask ? Why don't you come here more often to have a good time ? "

Before the turtle from the Eastern Ocean could get his left foot into the well, however, he caught his right calw on something. So he halted and stepped back then began to describe the ocean to the frog.

" It's more than a thousand miles across and more than ten thousand feet deep. In ancient times there were floods nine years out of ten yet the water in the ocean never increased.

And later there were droughts seven years out of eight yet the water in the ocean never grew less. It has remained quite constant throughtout the ages. That is why I like to live in the Eastern Ocean. " 

Then the frog in the shallow well was silent and felt a little abashed

 

abashed

If you are abashed, you feel embarrassed and ashamed.

 

prayers ship wrecked

 

كشتي شكسته عبادتگران prayers ship wrecked        

A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island.

 

يك كشتي در يك سفر دريايي در ميان طوفان در دريا شكست و غرق شد و تنها دو مرد توانستند نجات يابند و به جزيره كوچكي شنا كنند.
The two survivors,not knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite
sides of the island.
دو نجات يافته نمي دانستند چه كاري بايد كنند اما هردو موافق بودند كه چاره اي جز دعا كردن ندارند.  به هر حال براي اينكه بفهمند كه كدام يك از آنها نزد خدا محبوبترند و دعاي كدام يك مستجاب مي شود آنها تصميم گرفتند تا آن  سرزمين را به دوقسمت تقسيم كنند و هر كدام در يك بخش درست در خلاف يكديگر بمانند.

The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit. The other man's parcel of land remained barren.
نخستين چيزي كه آنها از خدا خواستند غذا بود. صبح روز بعد مرد اول ميوه اي را كه بر روي درختي روييده بود در آن قسمتي كه او اقامت مي كرد ديد و مرد مي تونست اونو بخوره.  اما سرزمين مرد دوم زمين لم يزرع بود.

After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was wrecked, and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the island, there was nothing.

هفته بعد مرد اول تنها بود و تصميم گرفت كه از خدا طلب يك همسر كند. روز بعد كشتي ديگري شكست و غرق شد و تنها نجات يافته آن يك زن بود كه به بخشي كه آن مرد قرار داشت شنا كرد. در سمت ديگر مرد دوم هيچ چيز نداشت.

Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food. The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.
بزودي مرد اول از خداوند طلب خانه، لباس و غذا بيشتري نمود. در روز بعد مثل اينكه جادو شده باشه همه چيزهايي كه خواسته بود به او داده شد. اگر چه مرد دوم هنوز هيچ چيز نداشت.

Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife could leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of the island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island.
سرانجام مرد اول از خدا طلب يك كشتي نمود تا او و همسرش آن جزيره را ترك كنند. صبح روز بعد مرد يك كشتي كه در سمت او در كناره جزيره لنگر انداخته بود را يافت.  مرد با همسرش سوار كشتي شد و تصميم گرفت مرد دوم را در جزيره ترك كند.

He considered the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered.
او فكر كرد كه مرد ديگر شايسته دريافت نعمتهاي الهي نيست. از آنجاييكه هيچ كدام از درخواستهاي او از پروردگار پاسخ داده نشده بود.

As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"
هنگامي كه كشتي آماده ترك جزيره بود مرد اول صدايي غرش وار از آسمانها شنيد :" چرا همراه خود را در جزيره ترك مي كني؟"

"My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them," the first man answered. "His prayers were all unanswered and so he does not deserve anything."
 مرد اول پاسخ داد "نعمتهاي تنها براي خودم هست چون كه من تنها كسي بودم كه براي آنها دعا  و طلب كردم دعا هاي او مستجاب نشد و سزاوار هيچ كدام نيست "

"You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him. "He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings."
آن صدا مرد را سر زنش كرد :"تو اشتباه مي كني او تنها كسي بود كه من دعاهايش را مستجاب كردم وگرنه  تو هيچكدام از نعمتهاي مرا دريافت نمي كردي"

"Tell me," the first man asked the voice, "What did he pray for that I should owe him anything?"
مرد از آن صدا پرسيد " به من بگو كه او چه دعايي كرد كه من بايد بدهكارش باشم؟"

"He prayed that all your prayers be answered."
" او دعا كرد كه همه دعاهاي تو مستجاب شود"

For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone,
but those of another praying for us.
Be Happy
ما هممون مي دونيم كه نعمتهاي ما تنها ميوه هايي نيست كه برايش دعا مي كنيم يلكه اونها دعاهاي ديگران هست براي ما.
شاد باشيد

 

 

a joke

The Butcher and the Lawyer     داستان قصاب و وكيل

A lawyer's dog, running about unleashed, beelines for a butcher shop and steals a roast. The butcher goes to the lawyer's office and asks, "If a dog running unleashed steals a piece of meat from my store, do I have a right to demand payment for the meat from the dog's owner?" The lawyer answers, "Absolutely." "Then you owe me $12.50. Your dog was loose and stole a roast from me today." The lawyer, without a word, writes the butcher a check for $12.50. A few days later the butcher receives a letter from the lawyer: "$45 due for consultation".  

Gray Hairs موی سپید

Gray Hairs    موی سپید

One day, a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast to her brunette hair. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?" Her mother replied "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white." The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then asked, "Mom, how come all of grandma's hairs are white?" 
 

 

این هم یک مطلب جالب دیگر برای تقویت دامنه لغت

 

برای دانستن معنای لغات به رنگ آبی با ماوس روی آنها کلیک کنید.

"I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay. "I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash, and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I'm going blind in my right eye. My tonsils are as big as rocks, I've counted sixteen chicken pox. And there's one more - that's seventeen! And don't you think my face looks green? My leg is cut, my eyes are blue- It might be instamatic flu. I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke I'm sure that my left leg is broke. My hip hurts when I move my chin, My belly button's caving in, My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained, My 'pendix pains each time it rains. My nose is cold, my toes are numb, I have a sliver in my thumb. My neck is stiff, my spine is weak. I hardly whisper when I speak. My tongue is filling up my mouth, I think my hair is falling out. My elbow's bent - my spine ain't straight. My temperature is one-o-eight. My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear, There is a hole inside my ear. I have a hangnail, and my heart is- ...WHAT? What's that?  What's that you say? You say today is...Saturday? G'bye, I'm going out to play!"   I don't understand this poem!