英文短篇故事（纽约）415 Why Did I Open This Cabinet?

He washed his hands in the bathroom. The soap in the soap dish was just a sliver. Boxed bars of soap were in the kitchen. He threw the sliver into the trashcan. He cleaned the gunk out of the soap dish. He rinsed it out and walked out of the bathroom

英文短篇故事（纽约）416 Cats Slaughter Billions

A study found that cats kill almost 15 billion birds and other small animals yearly in the United States. It concluded that cats might eventually wipe out these other species. Cat owners bristled at the news. Said one, My Fluffy is the sweetest cat i

英文短篇故事（纽约）417 A Shout Out for Silent TV

It's the future. Philo Farnsworth IV receives the annual Einstein Award. The award presentation is TV's biggest event. Science is king. Billions watch the red carpet event. Philo invented wireless, soundless TV. The sound waves travel solely to the v

英文短篇故事（纽约）409 Turn That Frown Upside Down

She said, I hate your long face. You should be happy being married to me, not sad. He said, I am happy! I can't help it if the corners of my mouth turn down. That's gravity, not me. She said, Well, it bothers me to look at your long face. He said, Ma

英文短篇故事（纽约）398 Orange Rectangle Is Bad News

Boris called his cable company. He said, Last night I went to sleep with my TV on. This morning the TV was still on, but the screen was black. There was a big, orange rectangle on the screen. It said, 'Weekly Required Test.' The clock on the cable bo

英文短篇故事（纽约）391 Eye of the Tiger

Two golfers were chewing the fat. Abbott said, You know why Tiger wins so much? It's not because of his distance, or his shot-making, or his putting, or his course management, or his patience. That's not why he wins so much. You want to know the real

英文短篇故事（纽约）392 Stand Up So I Can Sit Down

He was big and tall. And old. He was wearing jeans. His jeans reeked of urine. He walked slowly through the subway car. He stood in front of an old lady. He said, Please let me have your seat. She looked at the floor. He didn't move. She said, Please

英文短篇故事（纽约）394 TVs That Listen

He said, Boy, new TVs are so cool. Now we can stream Internet movies directly to our TVs. And next year, remotes will be obsolete. TVs will have voice control. We'll just say 'TV on' and 'TV off.' We won't have to push buttons anymore. We're definite

英文短篇故事（纽约）395 Who's the Stupid One?

My son, the polar bear, Dad said. Every New Year's Day, you and a thousand other Coney Island loonies jump into the freezing ocean. How stupid is that? Nick said, It's not stupid, Dad. It's fun, it's free, and it's healthy. And we do it every Sunday

英文短篇故事（纽约）396 The Truth About Santa

Mommy, is it okay to lie? Annika asked. Mom said, Of course not, honey. Where'd you get that idea? A lie destroys the trust between people. It's hard to ever regain that trust. Honesty is always the best policy. If you lie, not only will you lose you

英文短篇故事（纽约）397 Shopping with Avatars

Brad walked into Walbrowns. He swiped his rewards card. He said, Avatar, appear. His avatar appeared. Brad said, Unscented deodorant, all brands. He followed the avatar down the escalator. The avatar hovered at the deodorant section. It shined a brig

英文短篇故事（纽约）393 Cows, Cats, and Dogs

I don't understand those people in India, Lester said. His wife Lucy asked, What about them? He said, They're hungry. They're surrounded by millions of cows. But their religion doesn't allow them to eat cows. It's crazy to have all that fresh meat an

英文短篇故事（纽约）405 The On-Off Buttons

She called her cable company. She told the rep, If I press the System button, it turns on the cable box but not the TV. If I press the Power button, all I get is a black TV screen with a rectangle that says HDMI. I have to keep pressing the same two

英文短篇故事（纽约）404 The Foot-Long Sub

Lana measured Stubway's foot long sandwich. It didn't measure up. It was 11 inches long. She measured her friend's foot long. It was a tad longer, at 11.5 inches. For the next three months, Lana measured Stubway's sandwiches. She got her Facelook fri

英文短篇故事（纽约）403 One with the Tiger

John was riding in the monorail that takes visitors throughout the Bronx Zoo. When the monorail was over the tiger enclosure, he jumped out. Landing hard, he broke several bones. Irritated, the tiger strode over to examine this visitor from out of th

英文短篇故事（纽约）402 Love You Too

Brad called his parents. He asked his mom to put Dad on the other phone. I need to talk to both of you, Brad said. His dad got on the other phone. Brad said, This is very difficult for me. I told you before that Sue and I are having financial problem

英文短篇故事（纽约）401 My Tired Uncle

My uncle tires too easily. He gets tired just using the TV remote. Yesterday he went to Macy's. He went to the sixth floor. He said it took him a few minutes to get his breath back. I asked, You got winded on the elevator?! He said, I didn't take the

英文短篇故事（纽约）400 Teddy Bear for Sale

The bulletin board ad said, Human Size Teddy Bear for Sale. Paid $100, asking $50. Next to those words was a color photo of just the teddy bear. It looked new and lovable. But, he wondered, how big is this bear? How big is human size? Humans come in

英文短篇故事（纽约）399 Open the Darn Package!

The unopened box contained a bar of soap. He dug under the end flap with his thumbnail. He couldn't pry the flap open. He tried to dig under the other end flap. He couldn't pry that flap open either. This is a simple, cardboard box, he thought. Why i

英文短篇故事（纽约）376 Lotto Jackpot Is $550 Million

The Powerball lottery is worth $550 million. Everyone is talking about it. A newspaper reporter asked an old lady what she'd do with $550 million. She said, First of all, you news people should know better. Nobody's going to get $550 million. The win