It's Only Me

https://bukan-nasihat.blogspot.com/2015/12/it-is-only-me.html

After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mrs Richards went downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.

A Noble Gangster

 

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There was a time when the owner of shops and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for ‘protection’. If money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. Obtaining ‘protection’ is not a modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.

An Unknown Goddess

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           Some time ago, an interesting discovery was made by archaeologist on the Aegean island of Kea. An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini. The city at one time must have been prosperous, for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. Houses – often three storeys high – were built of stone. They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls. The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.

Thirteen Equals One

https://www.jianshu.com/p/9d232a343fe9

        Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged during the war and has been silent ever since.

A Puma at Large

https://www.jianshu.com/p/cf8040d8394b

            Puma are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, from the description given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.