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personal computer

(Encyclopedia) personal computer (PC), small but powerful computer primarily used in an office or home without the need to be connected to a larger computer. PCs evolved after the development of the…

Aesop's Fables: Venus and the Cat

by Aesop The Farmer and the FoxThe Crow and the SwanVenus and the Cat A Cat fell in love with a handsome young man, and begged the goddess Venus to change her into a woman. Venus was very…

Aesop's Fables: The Lion and the Bull

by Aesop The Town Mouse and the Country MouseThe Wolf, the Fox, and the ApeThe Lion and the Bull A Lion saw a fine fat Bull pasturing among a herd of cattle and cast about for some means…

Aesop's Fables: The Mice in Council

by Aesop The Charcoal-Burner and the FullerThe Bat and the WeaselsThe Mice in Council Once upon a time all the Mice met together in Council, and discussed the best means of securing…

Vachel Lindsay: The Flower of Mending

The Flower of MendingVachel LindsayWhen Dragon-fly would fix his wings, When Snail would patch his house, When moths have marred the overcoat Of tender Mister Mouse,The pretty creatures go…

Stuart Little

Director:Rob MinkoffWriters:M. Night Shyamalan and Greg BrookerColumbia Pictures; PG; 92 minutesRelease:12/99Cast:Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki; voices of Michael J. Fox and…

Brewer's: Hatto

Archbishop of Mainz, according to tradition, was devoured by mice. The story says that in 970 there was a great famine in Germany, and Hatto, that there might be better store for the rich…