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This is good

Written by Christopher Ian Chenoweth |

"THIS IS GOOD!" The story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, "This is good!"One day the king and his friend were o…

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"Stollen" Part Three in the Four Part "Brandon" Series

Written by Jeffrey Kellen |

"Stollen" Part Three in the Four Part 'Brandon' Series Jeffrey M. Kellen ‘In the sheltered simplicity of the first days after a baby is born, one sees again the magical closed circle, the miraculous sense of two people existing only for each other’ ~Anne Morrow Lindber…

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"Brandon" Part two in the four part 'Brandon' series

Written by Jeffrey Kellen |

"Brandon" Part two in the four part 'Brandon' series Before Sarah even opened her classroom door, she could see the twinkling of red blinking on her phone through the small window by her keyhole that allowed passers-by the privilege of knowing that what Miss Lofton was doi…

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Donkey in a well

Written by Editorial Team |

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the d…

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The Very Best

Written by Christopher Ian Chenoweth |

A woman received a telephone call that her infant daughter was very sick with a fever. She left work and stopped by the pharmacy for some medication for her daughter. When returning to her car, she had locked the keys inside.She had to get home …

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