The Purpose of Life

ReadOasis Step 2 What is the meaning and purpose of life? Throughout human history, philosophers have answered this question in [...]

A Law for Thinking

ReadOasis Step 2 Aristotle was a great thinker. But he lived a long time ago (from 384 to 322 BC). [...]

The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Step 2)

By AesopReadOasis Step 2 Illustration by Milo Winter The Boy was bored. It was not interesting staying in the fields [...]

Money After Death

ReadOasis Step 2 A dying man met with his Lawyer, Doctor, and Minister. They met around the dying man's bed. [...]

Mt. Fuji: Symbol of Japan

ReadOasis Step 2 Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan. It stands at 3,776 meters (12,389 ft). The mountain [...]

Hide and Seek

ReadOasis Step 2 Mr. and Mrs. Smith had two sons, but they gave them strange names. Their first son was [...]

The Crow and the Glass

By Aesop ReadOasis Step 2 It was high noon. The sun burned bright and hot in the sky. The ground [...]

The Last Leaf

By O. Henry ReadOasis Step 2 (Part 1) Creative Commons Photo by Nephelim Many artists lived in the Greenwich Village [...]

The Gift of the Magi

By O. Henry ReadOasis Step 2 (Part 1) One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of [...]

The Stolen Letter

By Edgar Allan Poe ReadOasis Step 2 (Part 1) One evening in 1845, I went to visit a friend. His [...]