Once in autumn, a hedgehog and a fox ran into each other. The fox said to the hedgehog, “Come with me to the vineyard to steal some grapes.” The hedgehog answered, “No, I am afraid of the traps they have set out there.” The fox said, “Have no fear. You’ll come to no harm, because […]
Euphemia was the daughter of King Atlas and the grand-daughter of the great god Jupiter. She was more beautiful than her fifteen sisters, though they were all lovely. She decided to come down to earth. Now in the island of Seven Cities there lived a rich and venerable Christian prince. He adopted Euphemia as his
Long ago, there lived a man who employed a boy named Peter to take care of his pigs. One day, a man came up to Peter and said, “Sell me these seven pigs.” Peter sold six pigs and buried the ears and tails of pigs in sand and called his master. His master ran. There,
Prince Llewelyn had a favourite dog, greyhound named Gellert that had been given to him by his father-in-law, King John. He was as gentle as a lamb at home but a lion in the chase. One day, Llewelyn went to the chase and blew his horn in front of his castle to call Gellert but
In the olden days, an enormous man lived with the other members of the Inuit tribe in a village. He was so tall that he could straddle the inlet, and ate the whole whale just as other men ate a small fish. One day, all the natives were having a hard time to hold and
When Blondine entered the forest for gathering the beautiful branches of lilacs, she became busily occupied for about an hour. She began to suffer from the heat and to feel great fatigue. She found the branches of lilacs heavy to carry and thought it was time to return to the palace. She looked around and
Long, long, ago there was a little angel who broke one of the rules of Paradise. She was banished from her heavenly home. She filled her arms with the lovely blossoms of Paradise. Slowly and sorrowfully, she left the heavenly gardens. Some of them fell. Down, down to earth they floated. They came to rest
An evolution of the laserdisc technology, the Compact Disc, which is also popularly known as CD, is an optical disc that is used to store various types of digital data. Initially, CD was invented with the aim of storing and playing a sound recording. However, later on, it was adapted to store data. There are
Credit cards have facilitated people to make dealings or essential transactions without carrying a huge sum of cash everywhere. The idea of using a card made out of metal sheet was illustrated by Edward Bellamy in 1887 in his novel. Credit cards have been a part of business since the late 19th century. Originally, they
The cooler was invented on 24 March, 1951, by the scientist named Sir Richard C. Laramy of Joliet, Illinois. The cooler starts with the help of electricity, but the cooler of ancient time had high voltage in it. In New Zealand, the cooler is also known as cool box, chilly bin, etc. After some time,
Earlier people were bound to carry their spectacles everywhere if their eyesight was not so accurate but now people are using contact lenses not only for getting right vision without use of any spectacles but also for style. It is actually a lens—a medical device worn on eyes for the purpose of getting correct vision
It is not easy to tell who discovered cloth and when it was invented but most likely, cloth is about 1 lakh 7 thousand years old. Another theory of modern human specifies that cloth has been used 650 thousand years ago and other history books specify that the use of cloth has been about 42,000
Lady Clare was in her garden overlooking the sea. Approaching Lady Clare, a knight saluted her and asked about her well being. The lady said, “Please marry one of my three daughters; I will give you gold and ivory.” The knight said, “They are of no use to me as I am a warrior.” “Do
The clothes dryer which is a real wonder and a very useful machine was invented in the year 1799. Pochon, a Frenchman invented the first dryer and name it ventilator. It was a forerunner of the contemporary plummet dryer. This dryer was made up of a revolving metal drum and had openings bored into it.
Chewing gum has been relished in various forms by people across continents since the Neolithic period. The bark tar of trees that had medicinal properties was chosen to make gum. Women normally used the gum as a mouth freshener. The ancient Greeks made their gum from the resin of the Mastic tree while the Mayans