Why do we cross our fingers? I had no idea, so I looked it up. I tried to guess first, but ended up resorting to empiricism. Since I couldn't think of anything that might bring me instant luck, I

Sometimes, the ugliest things unexpectedly give rise to something beautiful, like a song. Download it if you enjoyed it. 💙 Flip a Coin So, have you made up your mind yet? About what? You know

"Then let's not waste any more time. Show me the will. Where's the safe?" the chief says. The shaman stands up and smiles mischievously. "In the safest place in the world. No pyramid, no bank vault,

Man Mountain picks the will up off the floor with both hands, brings it close to his face, then pushes it farther away again, straining his eyes. He repeats the process several times, trying to

In the village of the Aguacaté tribe, everyone is worried. Gossip has it that the old shaman wants to retire, and they're shocked. This is unprecedented in the history of the tribe. The people can't

A heavy silence settled over the kitchen. My father finally leaned forward, his elbows on the table. "Fine. You were two years old. Your birth parents..." He hesitated, glancing at my mother as if

"I'm all ears," I said to my parents, unaware of the crackdown that was about to happen. My mother had put some food and drink on the table to sugarcoat things and my father was looking at my twin

I don't watch soccer, but it's impossible not to feel that something big is going on in Spain today. It's in the air (like love), on the streets, and in the snack and beer aisles at supermarkets. No

I've been wondering lately how people in ancient times managed to learn languages. Cleopatra is said to have spoken Greek, Egyptian, Hebrew, Aramaic, and a whole lot of other languages. That's pretty

1, 2, 3,  4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Samuel was writing down what the voice had just said when the phone rang. He walked into the kitchen and picked it up. “Hello,” he said. “Samuel?” “Yes.” “Finally. Glad

1, 2, 3,  4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, The detective stood up and took the basin from the floor. “It is indeed, but let’s recap,” he said, pouring the blackish liquid into a gorgeous aspidistra. “OK,” she

1, 2, 3,  4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, “Sister Claire was strongly against accepting such an unconventional donation. We have strict rules when it comes to charity. But the abbess thought it over. Taking care

1, 2, 3,  4, 5, 6, 7, 9, “When I came here, I couldn't understand it,” she continued. “What could possibly be wrong with a convent, of all places? They just work. But the moment I stepped inside,

1, 2, 3,  4, 5, 6, 8 The detective took one foot out of the basin. “Did you say Jeopardy!? What’s that?” he asked, drying his foot with the towel. “See? He doesn’t know either,” the voice said.

1, 2, 3,  4, 5, He finally put his feet into the basin, and she sat down in front of him with a satisfied smile. He avoided her gaze and quickly pulled out his notepad. The nun noticed his discomfort

1, 2, 3,  4, “Follow my lead, Detective. We’ll solve two problems at once.” The detective couldn’t tell whether she was referring to the two shoes or to the shoes and the abbess’s disappearance.

1, 2, 3, 5, “Listen, Sister, I don’t want to cause you any trouble, but when someone disappears, the first twenty-four hours are crucial. Couldn’t you just open the door and let me in?” There was

1, 2, 4, Twenty-four hours after the abbess disappeared, the nuns called the police. A short time later, a detective arrived at the convent, smoking a cigarette, and rang the doorbell. A small

1, 3, He took a final sip and read aloud, “In a land far, far away...” Soon, an avalanche of ideas flooded his mind and he continued to write. “...a convent was faced with the most unexpected thing

2 Samuel got up earlier than usual that morning. He had always hated getting up so early when he was young, but it had become part of his routine as he grew older. He was still lost in thought when