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Stories in a Nutshell

Choose a story from Shortest Stories and read it carefully. Then reduce it to three sentences without leaving out any of the important details. Repeat for Slightly Longer Stories and Longest Stories. Shortest Stories The Boatman – A Sufi Story from...

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The Boatman

A Sufi Story from The Middle East A scholar asked a boatman to row him across the river. The journey was long and slow. The scholar was bored. ‘Boatman,’ he called out, ‘let’s have a conversation.’ Suggesting a topic of...

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Ten Jugs of Wine

A Tale from Japan Ten old men decided to celebrate the New Year with a big crock of hot sake wine. Since none of them could provide for all, they each agreed to bring one jug of wine for the large heating bowl. On the way to his wine cellar, each...

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