Short Stories

[jnicou]

The worst day in Dad's life.

A father put his three-year-old daughter to bed, told her a story and listened to her prayers, which she ended by saying.

"God bless Mommy, God bless daddy, and God bless grandma and good-bye grandpa."

The father asked, "Why did you say good-bye grandpa?"

The little girl said, "I don't know daddy, it just seemed like the right thing to do."


The next day grandpa died.

The father thought it was a strange coincidence. A few months later the father put the girl to bed and listened to her prayers, which went like this:

"God bless Mommy, God Bless Daddy and good-bye Grandma."

The next day the grandmother died.

Oh my god, thought the father, this kid is in contact with the other side.

Several weeks later when the girl was going to bed the dad heard her say, "God bless Mommy and good-bye daddy."

He practically went into shock.

He couldn't sleep all night and got up at the crack of dawn to go to his office.

He was nervous as a cat all day, had lunch sent in and watched the clock.

He figured if he could get by until midnight he would be okay.

He felt safe in the office, so instead of going home at the
end of the day he stayed there, looking at his watch and jumping at every sound. Finally, when midnight arrived, he breathed a sigh of relief and went home.

When he got home his wife said, "I've never seen you work so late, what's the matter?"

He said, "I don't want to talk about it, I've just spent the worst day of my life."

She said "You think you had a bad day, you'll never believe what happened HERE.
He asked "What?”

She said "This morning our neighbor James suddenly died

[arashbi2]

Eons ago the existence of Earth was recognized by the Elder Gods. These Gods ruled various realms which make up the unstable universe all worlds must occupy. The delicate balance of a realm’s existence rests on its furies - negative and positive forces which keep the realm from collapsing onto itself. Each realm, in itself, is therefore very powerful, containing a portion of the energy which makes up the universe. Our realm, Earth, however is special.
As a gateway or crossroads to other realms, the young world is considered one of the most powerful of all...making it attractive to other dark forces in the universe - forces like that of Shao Kahn. For thousands of years Shao Kahn has been stealing realms, transforming them into his ever expanding collection of vanquished realms known as the Outworld. He has even attempted to invade the Earth realm and steal the world from , 'inferior' human occupants. His plans were thwarted by a group of wise men from the Far East, who thousands of years ago sensed a weakening of Earth's own furies

Knowing that the eminent Outworld invasion would prove too much for Earth, the wise men appealed to the Elder Gods. They believed that Outworld had an unfair advantage over of the Earth, and thought there was a more honorable and traditional way to battle for the realms. The wise men felt that a tournament would be the noble solution. It was for this reason the Elder Gods created the tournament called Mortal Kombat.

Mortal Kombat would allow Earth to fend for itself, pitting the finest warriors from both realms against each other in honorable kombat. The rules of the tournament were simple - the first realm to win a consecutive set of tournaments wins the contest. If Earth wins, they have successfully defended their realm from an Outworld invasion. If Outworld wins, then Earth’s furies would be weakened and Shao Kahn would be able to step through the dimensional gate which separates the two realms.

The first Mortal Kombat was held nearly ten centuries ago and it was won by Shao Kahn’s demon sorcerer, Shang Tsung. Shang Tsung used his dark and unholy powers to steal the soul of his vanquished opponents. But his reign as champion was not long lived as he was defeated by a noble warrior from the Temple of the Order of Light in China named Kung Lao. Earth basked in the glory of its victories over the dark realm and Kung Lao proved to be a gifted warrior. Because the champion of Mortal Kombat doesn’t age until the next tournament, Kung Lao would return to defend his title as grand champion.

But for Kung Lao, the tournament was over, he had won. It was now time to get on with his life, give up his training, and fall in love. It was what he wanted and what he’s yearned all his life for. However, Kung Lao became plagued by dark and treacherous visions. It was then that he realized he wouldn’t be able to defend their realm forever. The responsibility for the fate of the Earth combined with the overwhelming sense of an impending failure tortured his soul. Rayden, the God of Thunder and protector of the Realm of Earth told Kung Lao his fate and that he therefore, must spend the time between tournaments finding new warriors who are worthy enough to train in the traditions of Mortal Kombat. Unfortunately, Kung Lao’s time as champion comes when the lands are ruled by inexplicable evil and black arts. That time is 500 years ago, the time for MORTAL KOMBAT CONQUEST.

As decreed by the elders, there is only one place for Kung Lao and his companions to go, one place which contains all that they search for. It is the city of Zhu Zin. And although it is known as the crossroads to the continents, it is the most dark and treacherous place one could be. It’s a city where nothing is as it seems. Streets can seem to go nowhere forever. Doorways can transport you to other realms. And around every corner, in every nook, something or someone awaits.

The threat to Kung Lao and his warrior companions, Siro and Taja, is enormous,for not only is Outworld plotting its takeover of Earth, but other worlds are as well. These other realms realize, that if Kung Lao and his warriors are destroyed, they’ll be able to enter the tournament and win. Warlords from other realms will stop at nothing to kill Kung Lao and his warriors. Realizing there is strength in numbers Shao Kahn and Shang Tsung often form allegiances with these otherworldly warriors in order to help them with their plan for Kung Lao’s destruction.

Now, Kung Lao, Siro and Taja’s task is made more treacherous as they must decide who is friend and who is foe in this world where nobody is as they seem. The potential threat of being stabbed in the back by a new found 'ally' adds to the terrible pressure Kung Lao is already facing. Trusting nobody, they must find warriors worthy of a responsibility as great as defending the Earth Realm. The God of Thunder, Rayden, will guide the warriors as best he can. But, humanity and its fate are left up to the humans. Only by belief in themselves and using the only force Outworld can’t defeat - human spirit - can our humans win

[C. Breezy]

destiny
during a momentous battle, a japanese general decided to attack even though his army was greatly outnumbered. He was confident they would win, but his men were filled with doubt.
On the way to the battle, they stopped at a religious shrine. After praying with the men, the general took out a coin and said, "i shall now toss this coin. If it is heads, we shall win. If it is tails we shall lose."
"destiny will now reveal itself."
he threw the coin into the air and all watched intently as it landed. It was heads. The soldiers were so overjoyed and filled with confidence that they vigorously attacked the enemy and were victorious.
After the battle. A lieutenant remarked to the general, "no one can change destiny."
"quite right," the general replied as he showed the lieutenant the coin, which had heads on both sides.

ایول ، من این داستان رو یکی دوماه پیش برای معلم زبانم برده بودم ، می گفت داستان کوتاه بنویسین بیارین ، من اینو با کلی بدبختی از اینترنت پیدا کردم ، حالا که این تاپیک هست کلی ازش فیض می بریم ...

she said "this morning our neighbor james suddenly died

من اینجاشو نفهمیدم که چرا همسایشون مُرد ؟!

[seymour]

من اینجاشو نفهمیدم که چرا همسایشون مُرد ؟!

It's like a sad joke … their neighbor died because apparently he was the real father of the kid … (meaning her mom at some point has had an affair with the neighbor and the girl was the result!!!)

[C. Breezy]

it's like a sad joke … their neighbor died because apparently he was the real father of the kid … (meaning her mom at some point has had an affair with the neighbor and the girl was the result!!!)

چقدر غم انگیز ( راستی اینجا میشه فارسی حرف زد ؟! )

[seymour]

چقدر غم انگیز ( راستی اینجا میشه فارسی حرف زد ؟! )

well , try not to!!!

[C. Breezy]

well , try not to!!!

ok ....

[afsane b]

Once upon a time

It was so cold, snow fell constantly. Animals have never seen it before. At first it was a thing to play but it became deeper and deeper, small animals were buried in the snow and the large animals could walk with difficulty. Animals began to worry, "we would all perish if something weren’t be done" said wise owl "we should send a messenger to the creator and tell him about this disastrous"

Animals were happy with this idea and began to debate among themselves to choose somebody as a messenger. The wise owl couldn't see during the day, so he wasn’t suitable. The wolf was tricky, he wasn’t trustful. The turtle was steady but too slow. In the end the rain bow crow, the most beautiful bird, with shimmering feathers and enchanting voice was chosen.

It was a very difficult trip, tree days flying up and up, he passed trees and rivers, stars and moon, even the sun, he flied bravely. When he reached the heaven, called out for the creator but received no answer, so started to sing his beautiful song, the creator heard his amazing voice and came and greeted him warmly, then asked him what gift he could give the noble bird in exchanging for his song. The rainbow crow told him about the animals on he earth who were dying out of the cold.

The creator stuck the stick into the blazing sun and handed the rainbow crow and told him "fly as fast as you can before the fire burn you up". The bird nodded to thank and started his journey. Three days decreasing from heaven to earth that was more difficult, because the stick was so heavy. When the elegance bird was passing the sun his tail touched the flaming fire and his shimmering feathers turn to black and the smoke of the fire went to his trout and destroyed his beautiful voice.

The time he stepped on the earth, he was as black as the tar and could just cow instead of singing. He gave the fire to the animals and they melted the ice and warmed themselves.

It was the time of joy. All the animals were happy except the crow who wasn’t rainbow anymore. He had sat apart sadly when felt wind on his face he looked up and saw the creator. The creator told him "don’t be sad, all the animals will honor you for the sacrificed you have done for them, and when the people come, they won't hunt you because of the smoke taste of your meat, also they won't keep you into the cage, because of your ugly appearance and hoarse voice, you will be free.

[afsane b]

Hey buddies;

First of all, I'd like to thank you for your informative short stories.

I recognized some of the stories have translation, so, am I supposed to translate this story in Persian too?

[C. Breezy]

اهم اهم ... بهتر بود توی بخش ترجمه می پرسیدی ...
در کل ، من دیدم متنش ساده اس ، گفتم ترجمش کنم ... منتها بعضی جاهاش نفهمیدم چی شد ... اون قسمت هاش رو انگلیسی نوشتم ... اگه خواستی من ترجمش رو توی همون تاپیک ترجمه می نویسم .... فعلا در حال ترجمه شدن هست