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Ugly and beautiful

When the first explorers came to America, they found things that they had never seen. One of those new discoveries was a little bird. This bird had green plumage and the ability to fly up and down, backwards and forwards like a helicopter (or actually it’s a helicopter that imitates the bird). The name of

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Three hearts

Once Fray Luis de Granada heard someone who was very angry with someone else, say: “he cannot do that, it is totally unacceptable.” Fray Luis de Granada approached this person and said to him: “you are facing this person with a wrong heart.” “With a wrong heart?” he asked and continued: “What do you mean?”

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The story of the frog

A frog wondered how he could get away from the cold winter weather. Some geese suggested to him that he could migrate with them. The problem was that the frog did not know how to fly. “I have an idea”, said the frog, “two of you geese should hold this strong reed, one on each

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The cookie thief

Once an old woman was at the gate in the airport waiting for her flight. She had bought a bag of cookies and a book. She was reading her book when she saw the young man sitting beside her grabbing a cookie from the bag that was in the seat between them. She tried to

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Foresight

Some of you probably remember the famous movie High Noon (1952). When Gary Cooper was the town sheriff, he put a murderer in jail. This murderer was set free and returned to town with some friends to get revenge. The townspeople abandoned him and he had to deal with the situation alone. His first reaction

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Pleasing God

Once St. Anthony, abbot visited the city of Alexandria in Egypt. He went there because Bishop Athanasius (future St. Athanasius) wanted to talk with him there. When St. Anthony entered the city, he saw a woman who was very well dressed and who drew the attention of all those who passed by. St. Anthony immediately

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