Problem: During his college years, Rogers spent his summer holidays at an Idaho logging camp . When Roy, the manager, had to leave for a few days, he put Rogers in charge. "What if the workers refuse to follow my orders?" Rogers asked. He thought of Tony, a worker who was always giving the other men a hard time. "Fire them," Roy said. Then, as if reading Rogers' mind, he added, "I suppose you want to fire Tony if you get the chance. I'd feel bad about that. Tony is the most reliable worker I've ever had. I know he complains a lot, but he comes first and leaves last. There has not been an accident on the hill where he works for eight years."

Rogers took over the manager's job the next day. He went to Tony and spoke to him, "Tony, did you know that I'm in charge today?" Tony didn't show any respect or interest. "I was going to fire you because you once gave me a hard time, but I want you to know I'm not," he told Tony, adding what Roy had said. When Rogers finished, tears streamed down Tony's face. That day Tony worked harder than ever before --and he smiled for the first time! Rogers went back to school after that summer.

Twelve years later he met Tony again. He was in charge of one of the largest logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he managed to become so successful. Tony replied, "If it were not for that time you spoke to me back in Idaho, I would not be myself today. That one minute changed my whole life."

Have you got one minute to appreciate someone? It can make a difference for a lifetime.
1. Who was put in charge?
2. Who was he worried about?
3. Why?
4. Did he let him go?
5. Why not?
6. What kind of employee was he?
7. What happened some time after?
8. How was he?
9. Why?
10. How did he get there?
Answer: 1. Rogers
2. Tony
3. he was always giving the other men a hard time
4. No
5. he spoke to him
6. reliable
7. he met Tony again
8. successful
9. in charge of large logging company in the West
10. because of Rogers

Problem: Hailey stood in her kitchen. She was looking for ideas of what to make for dinner. She could make pasta, soup, chili, or steak. She opened the refrigerator and took out a cartoon of juice. She sat down at the table and tried to write a list of ingredients she would need. She finally thought she would make chili for dinner. She took a sip of her juice and she saw she had all the ingredients she needed except meat.

Hailey saw she was losing daylight. This made her want to take her car to the store in order to buy the meat. It would be faster than walking. She quickly went to the back of the store where she knew the meat was stored and took her find to the cashier. When she made her way back into the lot she ran into her friend, Beth, and invited Beth to come to her house for dinner.

When they both returned to her home they cooked dinner together and had a wonderful evening.
1. Who was in the room?
2. Why was she there?
3. What were her options?
4. Was she thirsty?
5. What was she missing?
6. Was it early or late?
7. How did she get to the shop?
8. Why?
9. Where did she go then?
10. What was there?
11. Did she pay?
12. Did she eat alone?
13. Was she glad?
14. Who was with her?
15. Who is she?
16. WHat did Hailey drink earlier?
Answer: 1. Hailey
2. looking for ideas for dinner
3. pasta, soup, chili, or steak
4. yes
5. meat.
6. late
7. her car
8. It would be faster than walking
9. to the back
10. meat
11. yes
12. no
13. yes
14. Beth
15. her friend
16. juice

Problem: It was three o'clock. A man was walking down a high street in the north of England. He was wearing a dark suit and carrying a suitcase. His name was Terry and he and he had lived away from home for twenty years. In fact he was in prison , Terry was feeling totally depressed because everything in his hometown had changed. The park where he used to play was now a car park. The house where he was born had dis appeared and in its place, ironically , was a bank. Terry wanted to have a cup of coffee in the old small restaurant where he used to go with his friend after school, but it had become a fast food restaurant. He entered it, sat down, and asked for a cup of coffee. Then he felt sadder when he thought of what he had seen. While paying for the coffee he found an old ticket in his wallet. It was for a pair of shoes he had taken to be repaired the day before the bank robbery 20 years ago. The shoe repairer was an old man then, so Terry was sure that he must be dead. But when he turned the cor ner of the steet, he couldn't believe his eyes. The shop was still there! And it was the same shoe repairer! He looked about a hundred years old. Terry was so happy! Terry told him that he had lived in Australia for the past twenty years and that he forgot to pick up the shoes before he left England. The shoe repairer disappeared into the back of the shop. After ten minutes he came back. "Were they dark brown, Italian shoes, size 42?"he asked slowly. "Yes!nsaid Terry, excitedly. "I haven't repaired them,"the shoe repairer said slowly. "You can take them tomorrow afternoon. "
1. Isn't it ironic, don't you think? Maybe a little too ironic?
2. Had the shoe repairer fixed Terry's shoes?
3. How many years had it been since he'd left them there?
4. How old did the shoe repairer look to be now?
5. Where did he disappear into?
6. How long was he back there?
7. What color were the shoes?
8. What style?
9. Were they dark or light brown?
10. What size?
11. Where did Terry say he'd been living?
12. When did the shoe repairer tell him he could pick them up?
13. What time does this story take place?
14. Where does it take place?
15. Was Terry carrying anything with him?
16. What?
17. Where had he lived the last 20 years?
18. What was in place of his house?
19. What had the old small restaurant he used to eat with a friend after school become?
Answer:
1. sure
2. no
3. 20 years ago
4. a hundred years old
5. the back of the shop
6. ten minutes
7. brown,
8. Italian
9. dark
10. 42
11. Australia
12. tomorrow afternoon
13. three o'clock.
14. England.
15. Yes
16. a suitcase
17. in prison
18. a car park.
19. a fast food restaurant