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phần 1 Đây là những câu chuyện nổi tiếng đang được lưu truyền trên Internet, từng được mọi người trên thế giới và bạn trẻ Việt Nam chuyền tay nhau, gửi qua email như một sự chia sẻ tinh thần, truyền cảm hứng hay động viên nhau trong những lúc khó khăn của cuộc sống - Đây là bộ sưu tập những câu chuyện đó bằng tiếng anh nhằm giúp các bạn vừa trao dồi kiến thức tiến anh vừa làm giàu thêm tinh thần của mình . | CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL Anh ngw Ruby s Roses - Hoa hong cúa Ruby The neighborhood kids nicknamed the cranky old couple CrazyJack and Ruby Rednose. Rumor was that they sat inside and drank whiskey all day. It was true that Jack and Ruby Jones preferred to keep to themselves. About the only words we ever heard from them were Keep out of our rosebushes The rosebushes were seventy beautiful floribunda shrubs that served as a fence between our house and theirs. The rosefence took quite a bit of abuse since our house was the neighborhood hangout. I was eleven at the time and the oldest of six active girls. We should have played our softball games elsewhere to avoid hurting the roses but we secretly enjoyed irritating Crazy Jack and Ruby Rednose. Jack and Ruby had a son whom we nicknamed Crazy Jack Junior. He was due to come home from Vietnam. We heard he had been discharged because of a nervous breakdown. The neighborhood had thrown a big party for Jimmy Brown when he came home from the war but no one offered to have a party for Crazy Jack Junior. The day Crazy Jack Junior was scheduled to come home we had a neighborhood softball game in our yard. Johnny McGrath was trying to catch a fly ball. He stumbled over one of Ruby Rednose s thorny rosebushes and fell on top of several more. Boy did he yell. But theroses were the ones that really suffered. From my vantage point at second base it looked like about ten of them were damaged pretty badly. Johnny s timing was terrible because as he lay there swearing at the roses the Joneses pickup rolled into the driveway. The truck screeched to a halt and Crazy Jack Junior sprang out. He ran full speed toward Johnny. You little punk he screamed. Look what you ve done to our family s roses You ve always been trouble. I m going to fetch my gun and shoot you The next few minutes were a blur. The neighborhood kids ran for their lives. Ruby and Jack tried to restrain their son. He continued to yell threats and profanities. Ruby wasn t .
