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 [...]

Basic Tools for Good Thinking

ReadOasis Step 3 (Part 1) Cats and dogs have different philosophies. A dog thinks, "These people I live with feed [...]

Athenaise

By Kate ChopinReadOasis Step 3(Part 1) Athenaise went away one morning to visit her parents, ten miles back on the [...]

The Good in Nature (Step 2)

ReadOasis Step 2 In November 2004, the BBC News reported this amazing story. Near the North Island of New Zealand, [...]

The Fastest Growing Religion

ReadOasis Step 2 The religion of Islam teaches that there is only one God. In Islam, God is called Allah. [...]

The Last Leaf

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

A Giant of Business (Step 4)

By Tek Smith ReadOasis Step 4 Black liquid exploded out of the ground towards the sky. It was oil—black gold—and [...]

The Lion and the Mouse (Step 1)

By AesopReadOasis Step 1 It was a dark night, deep in the Gir Woods of India. A great Lion was [...]

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 General and the Fox

ReadOasis Step 3 There was once a Greek general named Aristomenes. As a military leader, he was brave and wise. [...]