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Two inseparable friends, Sam and Jason, met with an accident on their way to Boston City. The following morning, Jason woke up blind and Sam was still unconscious. Dr. Berkeley was standing at his bedside looking at his health chart and medications with a thoughtful expression on his face. When he saw Sam awake, he beamed at him and asked." How are you feeling today Sam?" Sam tried to put up a brave face and smiled back saying, "absolutely wonderful Doctor. I am very grateful for all that you have done for me. "Dr Berkeley was moved at Sam's deed. All that he could say was, "You are a very brave man Sam and God will make it up to you in one way or another". While he was moving on to the next patient, Sam called back at him almost pleading, "promise me you won't tell Jason anything".
"You know I won't do that. Trust me." and walked away.
"Thank you " whispered Sam. He smiled and looked up in prayer " I hope I live up to your ideas...please give me the strength to be able to go through this..Amen"
Months later when Jason had recuperated considerably, he stopped hanging around with Sam. He felt discouraged and embarrassed to spend time with a disabled person like Sam.
Sam was lonely and disheartened ,since he didn't have any body else other than Jason to count on. Things went from bad to worse. And one day Sam died in despair. When Jason was called on his burial, he found a letter waiting for him. Dr Berkeley gave it to him with an expressionless face and said" This is for you Jason. Sam had asked me to give it to you when he was gone".
In the letter he had said: " Dear Jason, I have kept my promise in the end to lend you my eyes if anything had happened to them. Now there is nothing more that I can ask from God, than the fact ,that will see the world through my eyes. You will always be my best friend........Sam".
When he had finished reading Dr. Berkeley said " I had promised Sam to keep his sacrifice he made a secret from you. But now I wish I didn't stick it Because I don't think It was worthy it" .
All that was left for Jason while he stood there was tears of regret and memories of Sam for the rest of his life .
Lesson of the story: No matter what If we make a friend, we should stick by him till the end. Life is meaningless without a friend.
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Brenda Lee
Brenda Lee, born December 11th, 1944, is an American singer. She was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She won her first singing contest when she was 7, and began to perform regularly on radio. When she was 10, she made her first appearance on TV, Red Foley’s Ozark Jubilee. She became very popular and soon appeared on other TV shows.
In 1956, Lee signed with Decca Records. Her first single was One Step at a Time. Her records sold well in Europe, but not in the U.S. This would soon change with the release of hit singles I’m Sorry and I Want to be Wanted. Lee then left pop music for the country music where she had 6 consecutive Top 10 hits including Tell Me What It’s Like and Broken Trust.
Brenda was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1997, and the Rock N’Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
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WHERE IS THE MISTAKE?
The place where I lived twenty years ago was a small and quiet place. Chalets which were no more than five, a mosque, seven or eight stores and many merry people… It was a place with much greenery in which we got lost while running around. In those days, if you were a naughty child like me, then you were in trouble. Because everyone knew each other which meant that you were always told on. We used to wait together for the only television channel to start broadcasting. When we were infants, our favourite place was the house full of cats which belonged to an old couple. Maybe, they didn’t have any children, but we became their grandchildren.
And today…
There isn’t a single house left from those days. In today’s complexes , the population is a lot more than our small accomodation unit. Artisans have already handed over their stores to big markets. Maybe more people encounter each other than the old days, but they are crestfallen and turning their backs on each other. And that old couple’s house isn’t there any longer, and Uncle Mehmet left this world long ago. His wife lives in a flat with only one cat. Grandfathers’ chalets whose doors were wide to their neighbours are now closed and their grandchildren have hung big signs saying,”Do Not Enter!” The states of the naughty children are much beter now because no one tells on them. After all, no one knows anybody. I wonder if we have improved a lot or lost many things in the past twenty years. I don’t know.
As for me, our milieu and our circumstances have improved, but we have degenerated as much.
FATİH ERYİĞİT
Kadıköy 2 Branch
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Why doesn’t Dracula have any friends?
Because he’s a pain in the neck!
Why do sharks swim in salt water?
Because pepper water makes them sneeze!
What has wheels and flies?
A garbage truck! |
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Sit shotgun
To ride in the front passenger seat of a car
When Deidre drives, her daughter likes to sit shotgun. |
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Pearls melt in vinegar.
It takes a yard of sugar cane to make one cube of sugar.
A crocodile can’t stick its tongue out.
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