16-06-22 Can I see my baby? the happy new mother asked. When the bundle was nestled in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped. The doctor turned quickly and looked out the tall hospital window. The baby had been born...

16-06-21 Boy, why have you got cotton-wool in your ear? Is it infected? No, sir, but you said yesterday that everything you told me went in one ear and out the other, so I am trying to stop it. 孩子，你为什么用棉花塞住耳朵？它感染了吗？ 没有，老师。可是你昨...

16-06-10 The boy jerked about and then made a sound that I will never forget for as long as I live. It was the sound like a whale makes when it has been harpooned and knows that it is about to die. I fired all four of my arrows at the two bullies as they ran...

16-06-10 Leave him alone I yelled as I walked out of the orphanage gate and saw several of the Spring Park School bullies pushing the deaf kid around. I did not know the boy at all but I knew that we were about the same age, because of his size. He lived in...

16-05-24 We all have one of these. Some of us have more than one. By which I mean, a friend who we may laugh with, cry with, work side by side with, but who we know way deep down in our gut, in the place where intuition lies, doesnt wish the best for us. Thi...

16-05-06 Little Peter is a boy of nine. He began to go to school the year before last and now hes in Grade Three. He lives not far form the school, but hes often late for class. He likes watching TV in the evening and goes to bed late, so he cant get up earl...

16-05-05 The court was paved, from floor to roof, with human faces. Inquisitive and eager eyes peered from every inch of space. From the rail before the dock, away into the sharpest angle of the smallest corner in the galleries, all looks were fixed upon one...

16-04-22 Did the children behave when you bathed them? inquired the mistress to the new French nurse, when she returned home from the party. All but the biggest boy? We have only one boy, Freddy, and hes only two years old. Which biggest boy? We have only on...

16-04-22 A small boy was asked, Who was the first man? He promptly replied, George Washington. When his brother reminded him of Adam, the boy replied unhappily, Oh, I didnt think you were counting foreigners. 有人问有一个小男孩：第一个男人是谁？他立即回答说...

16-04-03 As a little boy, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday aftemoons at my grandfathers farm in western Pennsylvania. Surrounded by miles of winding stonewalls, the house and barn provided endless hours of fun for a city kid like me. I was used t...