Cinderella s sisters surgically modify their feet to win the prince s love. A werewolf gathers up enough courage to visit a dentist. A medium trying to reach the afterworld gets a recorded message. A fox and a badger compete to out-fool each other. Whether writing of insomnia from a mosquito s point of view or showing us what happens after the princess kisses the frog, Ana Maria Shua, in these fleet and incandescent stories, is nothing if not pithy except, of course, wildly entertaining. Some as short as a sentence, these microfictions have been selected and translated from four...

There are so many advantages to jogging that it might be impossible to list all of them. At the very top of this list would definitely be how great jogging is for shedding weight. If you are just beginning to try jogging, try a mile or perhaps a half mile.

Another benefit of jogging is it tones your muscles and the bones. This really is critical to help prevent loss of muscle and bone. You will find that not many joggers will later suffer from osteoporosis.

Then of course you will find the cardiovascular advantages of jogging. Jogging really will get your heart to pumping and also the blood...