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(Chinese Lucky Coins Pxhere ) There once was a powerful and mighty king who had a charming daughter, but the daughter was prone to bad luck. When it was time to find her a suitor, her father assembled potential suitors for her at his palace. She was told to throw a bag of three lucky coins to the men below her. Whoever caught the bag of coins was to be her husband. She looked down at the crowd of men and noticed a beggar. The beggar wore ripped clothes and had bugs crawling into his ears and crawling out from his nostrils. She somehow became captivated by his aura as he was a child of luck. The daughter intentionally threw the bundle of coins to the beggar in hopes of having good life with fortune. Her father came running up the stairs to meet her and asked yelled: "Why did you throw this to the beggar INTENTIONALLY? I saw you." She calmly replied, "He is a child of luck. I will share his good fortune and have a happy life." The king was angered by...

(Siblings  Max Pixel ) One evening, Anna, Liam, and Jay went to a restaurant to have dinner together. Their mother waited at home hoping for their quick arrival. She was hungry as well.  Anna and Liam only thought of themselves and were extremely prideful as they were the eldest siblings. They enjoyed all the food they had ordered and did not think about their starving mother back home. Anna and Liam had forgotten about her, whereas Jay had not. Jay saved a bit of everything for his mother in a plastic container he had brought. He knew his mother was starving back home.  When the children came home, the mother became filled with joy seeing that they arrived safely. She asked, "My loves, what food did you bring for me? I've been starving all night!" Then Anna said, "Who me? I haven't brought anything home. I was so hungry that I didn't even think of you. You were the least of my worries." Liam also jumped into the conversation...

( The Broken Pot by John D. Batten) The updated version of the story is here on my Portfolio! In a small village in Gujarat, India, there lived a man named Vittap. His name evidently signified his behavior; he guarded his wealth closely.  One day, Vittap had gathered a surplus amount of rice grains from working in his neighbor's fields and begging in the village. Growing rice was no easy task. After eating the rice that same evening, Vittap put the remaining rice in a pot. The pot was hung over his couch so that he could bathe in its glory.  As Vittap became drowsy, he dreamed about his future with the rice. He thought, "My beautiful rice. Oh, how beautiful! If there is a famine, I will always have my rice. Wait, can the rice not make me some profit?" "I can buy a few goats with the rice and eventually have a family of goats!" "I can then sell the goats, and get a couple of cows!" "I can then sell cow milk and purc...

(The Travelers and the Purse by Milo Winter UN-Textbook ) The updated version of the story is here on my Portfolio!  A student, Dhyan, was in his last year of college. He was about to graduate. However, his journey was not easy. Dhyan's parents worked tirelessly to pay for his college expenses. His parents cooked him food, folded his laundry, and ran his errands. As Dhyan was the first in his family to go to college, his parents solely wanted their only son to achieve great things.   At his graduation, Dhyan's parents came to congratulate him after the ceremony. The parents were overjoyed and proud of what their son had accomplished. However, Dhyan barely acknowledged his parents.   "All my hard work finally paid off! Without my friends, I couldn't have graduated!" After Dhyan proudly said this, his parents were surprised that he did not thank them. They were the ones who made it possible for him to go to college in the first place....

(Psyche and Her Sisters by Fragonard Wikipedia ) The Husband was Right All Along The two sisters quietly and sneakily planned their crime against their youngest sister, Psyche. They ruined all their clothes, hid their valuables, and gave themselves self-inflicted wounds. The worst of all, they mentally played with parents' mind, making them emotionally drained. Now that everything was ready, the sisters were ready for tomorrow. Even if their plan did not work, they were fixed on murder. Psyche's husband foresaw the sisters' plan to get Psyche. He readily came to Psyche to warn her. "My love, please listen to me. Danger is coming your way and there is nothing I can do to stop it. Your wretched sisters are plotting against you and are even considering murdering you. They want to expose me to you. But if you do, you will never see me again. Do not listen to them for your sake and our unborn child. You know that I love you. Do not reply to them and keep my ...

The updated version of this story is here  on my portfolio! One day, a tired mother had to go to the farmer's market. Before the mother left, she asked her three daughters if they needed anything. Her two eldest daughters demanded many things ranging from shoes to an iron board. Although they were the eldest, they had no sense about how to spend money wisely. The youngest daughter, however, kept quiet as her voice could not be heard over her two older sisters. When the daughters left, the mother asked the youngest. "Rose, what shall I bring you from the market?" "Could you bring me three roses, please? It's okay if you can't find them." Being quite surprised at her small request, the mother was motivated to bring her not three but many roses for her daughter. Once the mother made her shopping list and put on her walking shoes on, she left quickly. As the market was a long journey, she left in the afternoon. Slowly, the mother was able...