I have always believed that a man must be honest. «Never ask for money you have not earned», I always said. Now I shall tell you a story which will show you how honest I have always been all my life. A few days ago at my friend’s house I met General Miles. General Miles […]
An acquaintance of mine once told me the following story. When I was a student at Moscow I happened to live alongside one of those ladies whose repute is questionable. She was a Pole, and they called her Teresa. She was a tallish, powerfully-built brunette, with black, bushy eye-brows and a large coarse face as […]
Jimmy Valentine had served ten months of a four-year sentence for cracking safes. He was a professional burglar, master in his job and nobody could compete with him in the art of cracking safes. Ten months ago he was caught by Ben Price, eminent detective, who was his personal enemy. And today he was released […]
«Now,» Robert told his wife, «I am going on a long trip. You won’t see me for years, but I will come back and see you.» «Where are you going?» «I am going into the future. I am sure you will be angry when you see me, but it won’t be for long, because once […]
Ivan Poddubny was one of the greatest Russian wrestlers. He was born in a small village in 1871. His parents were farmers. Ivan had to work hard. It helped him to become a strong man. When he was 17 years old he left his village and went to Sevastopol. There he worked in a port. […]
Once upon a time there was a poor woodcutter who had a beautiful daughter. The woodcutter was very proud of her. One day he boasted to the king, «My daughter can spin straw into gold.» If your daughter can do this,» said the king, «bring her to me and I shall see.» So the woodcutter […]
Mr Harris liked trains. He was afraid of aeroplanes, and didn’t like buses. But trains — they were big and noisy and exciting. When he was a boy of ten, he liked trains. Now he was a man of fifty, and he still liked trains. So he was a happy man on the night of […]
«Well, Mr. Smith, if you prefer a different type of nose, we have a large selection available.» «I think this nose is a bit too small.» «Small noses are very fashionable this year, Mr. Smith, very fashionable.» «Do you think it suits me?» asked Mr. Smith. «I think it looks very nice,» said the shop […]
One evening a man called James was on the road from Oxford to London. There weren’t many cars on the road because it was late. Suddenly in the lights of his car he saw a woman by the road – she was quite young and very pretty. ‘It’s dangerous to walk along the road when […]
The South Pole sits on a vast area of land. The land’s name is Antarctica. There are a lot of mountains in Antarctica. Some of them are three kilometres high and more! There are many volcanoes under the ice of the South Pole. The ice in Antarctica is very thick! In some places it is […]
