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My Body Has Revised the Terms and Conditions

There was once a donkey who carried bags of salt for a merchant. Every day, the merchant loaded the salt across his back, and every day the donkey carried it along the same road and through the same stream. One […]

Apples and Horse Dung Both Float

  Heavy rain came hard enough to swell the stream and carry away whatever lay too close to its banks. A heap of apples went first. Then a pile of horse dung. Downstream they floated together, bobbing in the same current, […]

The Mouse Was Not Gone

  A Hole Too Small For Horns A bull was grazing near an old stone wall, large enough to make the ground seem more careful beneath him. His horns curved wide. His shoulders rose like a hill. When he lowered […]

The Bat Who Changed His Answer

  A Different Answer For Today The bat was caught before he had time to think. One moment he was flying through the dim edge of evening, all wing and instinct, and the next he was in the grip of […]

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