It was the custom for lads to gather at the street corner on summer evenings and discuss trolleying. Spit Nolan was the champion trolley-rider. He had very good balance, sharp wits and he was very brave. The dramatic story of Spit Nolan is one of thirteen in this collection of...
The story of “The Creative Impulse” book is easy to understand. The main character is a writer that earned to write The Achilles Statue. Actually she was not famous before she wrote the book. But she decided to write by one accident. The accident was that her husband went...

The Briefcase

Ivan runs along the street. Ivan runs fast. Everybody is looking at Ivan. Why is he running alon the street? Where is he going? Do belonge to him "The Briefcase" that is carrying?

The Black Cat

Salahadin is an inspector in the Egyptian police. His job is to protect Egyptian antiquitions. An antiquition is something which is very old, and archeologists studies them. One day, Salahadin's friend who is an archeolohgist was going to visit him. Salahadin waited him, but he is murdered. In his...

Ski Race

Rebecca and Sue like skiing. The suns’s shinning. There’s lots of snow. They are good skiers. But Mark and David are godos skiers too. And there is going to be a race. Who is going to win?

Rich Man – Poor Man

Adam’s money order was for 100 pounds. Sudenly he was a rich man! ‘Go to the post-office,’ sdaid the school teacher. ‘They will give you the money.’ Adam went to the post-office. But the oficial did not give him the money. Adam felt old and he felt poor again. He was...

Newspaper Boy

Two short stories about Toby, a "Newspaper Boy" who wants to be a detective while he was distributing the papers.

Marco

The main character of this story is “Marco”, who is boy and live on a farm near a small village. One day, he leaves his home and gets on a train to go to a big city, because he has nothing to do and he dislikes the life as...

Karateka

Janie loves karate. She wants to be a black belt. Her brother, Richard, always laughs at her. But, on school prize-giving day, Richard isn't laughing.

Frankenstein

Victor "Frankenstein" thinks he has found the secret of life. He takes parts from dead people and builds a new `man’? But this monster is so big and frightening that everyone runs away from him even Frankenstein himself! The monster is like an enormous baby who needs love. But...