A Great Inventor It is surprising what a man can achieve with imagination and hard work put together. Yet how few of us achieve it. It is futile to say that some are too poor and others too rich to put in the required amount...
A Hairbreadth Escape Ahmed and Ah Chua were known as ‘mischief makers’, not because they were really wicked, but because they weren’t. It was just that they liked fun and adventure. “Whatever can we do with them ?” their parents used to say, “they are...
A Happy Day at School It was a most trying period. Things at home were getting from bad to worse. Dad’s alcoholism had become worse, especially after his retrenchment. Mum was always temperamental as she could not make ends meet with her meager income as...
A Heated Argument The crashing sounds of wine glasses followed soon after the shattering of the expensive Ming vase. Emily crouched even further into her corner, willing her mind to stop taking in the sounds of her parents arguing again. She could not remember exactly...
A popular person in your own age group James Yap is a popular person not only in our class. The hut also throughout the school. James is the kind of person who is talented as well as outgoing. Most students in the school know him...
A Scene during Recess The school bell goes off to signal the start of the twenty-minute recess period. All the pupils get up from their seats, and with the permission of the teacher make their way to the school canteen. The school canteen has many...
A stitch in time saves nine Lim had always been lazy. He worked on a rubber plantation and it was his job to empty the tins of latex hanging round the trees that his father had tapped and to fill the buckets with the strong...
A Strange Man I had heard he was a strange man, but now, as he approached me, I was really frightened for the expression on his face was demoniac. For a moment I had no control over myself and I felt myself trembling. I had...
Beasts of Burden The abundance of nature’s variety is perceptible in the world of animals. There are animals to meet man’s requirements in the different regions of the world. Donkeys, mules, horses, camels, yaks, oxen, and elephants are some of the animals used for pulling...
Crime does not pay As the only child in the family, Billy was the apple of his parent’s eyes. Born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Billy could have anything he wanted. His father was a successful entrepreneur while his mother was a consultant....
