Billy, the squirrel, had been collecting nuts to store for the winter. He ran all over the farm picking up acorns and stray nuts. “That squirrel is getting on my nerves!” grumbled Mattie, the goat, “Whenever I’m grazing, I find him scurrying around near me!” “He’s just collecting his stuff for the winter,” explained Penny, […]
Klerksdorp Spheres are small objects, often spherical to disc-shaped. They are from 3-billion-year-old pyrophyllite deposits mined by Wonderstone Ltd, near Ottosdal, South Africa. Some of these objects exhibit well-defined and parallel latitudinal grooves or ridges. Researchers and reporters say that could only have been manufactured by intelligent beings. The geologists who have studied these objects
There was uproar among the hens. Louis, the smallest of the chicks, was missing. “Soon it will be dark!” wept Flora, Louis’ mother, “My poor baby! I wonder where he is!” All the creatures had searched for Louis but he was nowhere to be found. “Do you think he went to the pond with the
“I am the fastest on the farm,” said Gordon, the horse, “There is no doubt about that!” All the creatures were fed up of Gordon and his boasting. “Why not have a race and prove it?” Suggested the gentle Matilda, the hen, sitting on the perch in the chicken-coop. So, a race was held next
Bowls was a very considerate donkey. Everyone on the farm loved him because he was so kind and helpful. He would willingly take all the little creatures for rides in his cart. “But it’s really not possible for Maria, the cow, or Tubby and Penny, the horses, to sit inside!” Bowls said politely. Gillian, the
Becky, the milkmaid, was carrying a large wooden pail filled with fresh frothing milk. Victor, the horse, sniffed the fragrant milk and trotted out of the stable to follow her. Suddenly, Becky found his large soft muzzle at her shoulder. She balanced the pail while shooing him off. “This is not for horses, Victor!” she
“I wish we hadn’t named her Prudence,” said Mrs Porter for the tenth time to Farmer Porter who was smoking his pipe and reading the paper. “She’s okay,” he murmured. “No, she isn’t! She’s a cat and she can’t climb up a ladder!” said Mrs Porter indignantly. “You climb it up and she’ll follow you,”
“It’s an electric storm!” yelled Farmer Bailey. He pushed all the animals and the birds into the barns and the stables and covered all the ricks of hay. There was thunder and lightning and the rain came down in sheets. All the farm creatures clustered around the mangers, frightened. Sometimes lightning could cause fires and
Henry, the rooster, hated the alarm clock. “Why do we need an alarm clock on the farm when I’m around to wake everyone up?” he asked the admiring hens. “That’s true,” agreed the hens, “It’s an insult to you!” Henry flew into the farmer’s bedroom and pushed the clock off the table. It had to
Kenneth A. Arnold was the first American to have sighted UFOs. He was an aviator and businessman and claimed to have seen nine unusual objects flying near Mount Rainier, Washington, on June 24, 1947. He described them as being pie pan-shaped, half-moon shaped, or simply saucer-like. He described their erratic motion as a saucer skipped
Norma was the new puppy who had arrived at Farmer Ingle’s farm. She was a delightful baby golden retriever. But she had a problem. She refused to learn to retrieve things that fell into the pond because she hated getting wet. “What’s the use of a retriever who can’t retrieve a thing?” Ingle asked his
It was a terrible summer. The sun blazed mercilessly and there were no clouds or rain. All the animals and the birds at the farm were miserable because Farmer Pebbles gave each one only a small share of water. One day Molly, the duck, came waddling into the barn where all the animals and the
In 2014 Kalachi, a rural locality in Kazakhstan, reported that more than a fifth of their population were affected by sleep syndrome and that over half of the population of the village planned to move elsewhere. The villagers would fall asleep suddenly even while walking, with some sleeping for over six days. They would wake
Judaculla Rock is one of the largest in the southeast, located in the Caney Fork Creek valley in Jackson County, outside of Cullowhee. Judaculla Rock has scribbling, markings, dribbling and spidery lines on it. This rock covered with undecipherable symbols is one of the greatest archaeological mysteries of North America. And these mysterious symbols can
Jo Girardelli known as the Queen of the Fire Eaters, was able to ingest sizzling hot objects with ease. She would swish nitric acid in her mouth, gargle hot oil, would put melted sealing wax in her mouth and request the audience to make an official seal impression on the wax while it was still