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All the Time in the World . . . While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide. "He's a fine looking boy," the man said. "That's my son on the...

A Tear to the Eye Barbara was driving her six-year-old son, Benjamin, to his piano lesson. They were late, and Barbara was beginning to think she should have cancelled it. There was always so much to do, and Barbara, a night-duty nurse at the local hospital, had recently worked extra shifts...

DREAMS ARE COUNTERFEIT COINS (A Short Story from Sindhi Literature) Author: Mazhar Abro Translated by: Hafeez Darban. With open eyes, I and she dreamed from nine months. During these dreams of broad day light, we crossed all the hindrances of time and place, limits in chaos. Child nourished...

Hospital Windows Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men...

Last Words One day a girl, Sara, who was fifteen years old, came home from school in a very bad mood. She'd had a fight with her best friend that day and it hadn't turned out well at all. "Sara!" her mom yelled. "What are you doing? You know to do your chores right when you get home! And you're...

Father, Brother and The World As she held his hand, gripping it so firmly, a stray tear fell to her cheek. He smiled even though her strict manner was always on his mind. In his pocket lay, the small, yellow water gun, filled with water, aching to be spilled. His sister had given it to him, a...

Picking Flowers Picking Flowers Caroline has everything going for her. She has a vivid imagination, a disarming smile and an almost musical laugh that came easily and often. "She's an unusually bright and inquisitive child," her kindergarten teacher had said. "She's going to be quite a...

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