Tales in Two Minutes- Jay Stetzer, Storyteller

It appeared that the police were having booming success. 

Three days later, the little envelope arrived in her own mailbox 

Stacy has been on a fixed income for a few years...

Grandparents and their grandchildren, a match made in heaven. 

Every small community has its fair share of “characters.” 

What to do with the foundling...

A question about those bedtime stories...

Sitting on their back porch, watching the sunset...

I swear, Greek lemon soup at Christmas time is a curse.  

Paul was getting a bit chunky. 

Blame it on Listerine. 

One fine day, he received a strange letter from the State Wage & Hour Department. 

Older than dirt, but one beast of a fiddle player. 

Dad’s nervous as a kitten about it. 

Uncle Billy’s been reading the papers lately, and it’s gotten him pretty rattled. 

On the beach, I shared my space with a gull, or, rather, he shared his space with me.  

If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, 

We were all reminiscing about John Mangan.  

One of them asked, “Is the man of the house home?” 

He was a great guy who had all the qualities for success. 

Mrs. Varick died in 1817, during a visit to her niece.

The news around the Chatawile these days is about Al Sesto, the barber.  

I always wondered how grass could grow in the crack of a sidewalk.

Granny Adams made such beautiful pies. 

Andy drove down to the warehouse and selected what he needed. 

This is Grandpa’s gift to his family. 

The IRS decided to audit Grandpa.

He lived at the end of the road where I grew up. 

I don't think our kids really understand what an apron is. 

A match made in heaven. 

They weren’t the greatest band to hit the charts back in the ‘70s. 

We stayed at one of those legendary great camps on its own private lake, and we had the time of our lives.  

Two burros were foraging on the greens along the banks near a sheer cliff. 

Jan’s been down in Florida for a good number of years, ever since her late husband retired. 

Gramps is getting old.

There was a gentleman once who took a fancy to proper speech.

So, just where does his name fit in the contemporary American household?  

The city council approved $15,000 to repaint the tower.

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Every 

Twice a day, Stuart’s school bus rattled past the Sunset Lodge.

You see, there was this farmer living downstate...

The price of luxury...

Queen of quasi-cuisine...

Ignorance is bliss

A little lucky corporate humor...

A child's view of a flash...

Oh, from the mouths of children!

A children's song has implications...

Well, Martha had us clean the house from stem to stern. 

This is the time when the Cree Indians hunt migrating geese.

Canadian geese know this place, as do the white swans. 

They were married in a small church in a little village.

He was taking pilgrims on a tour of the Holy Land. 

"Do you want to go out later after you get off work?"

 "Daddy, do you always wear a belt?" 

Shiro seemed always to accept what the earth had to offer. 

It actually started years ago when he was a young man. 

Rick belongs to a little church in his town down South.

The goldenrod particularly amused her.  

“Your ‘Golden Award'? Where is it?” 

Sometimes things aren’t what they seem. 

Sammy had been out since early morning, looking to exercise his light fingers. 

It all started in the beginning, when God created heaven and earth... 

The Lord will provide for me...

All his life, the eagle thought of himself as a barnyard chicken.

For those kids who live far away...

She wanted a poodle...

"Guess you caught me red-handed."

Some folks say we are as we dress...

He’s been in the trenches for nearly 30 years. 

Seems they’ve disappeared off the face of the earth. 

“He told me he was going to be a donut.” 

. Can you teach your donkey to read? 

It just wasn't worth it trying to retrieve the donkey.

How could a kid not like a big black Lab?

I suppose everybody knows at least one person who marches to a different drummer. 

"Dixie" spread throughout the newly formed Confederacy. 

Mom photographed the whole thing. 

But that didn’t stop him from pursuing his life’s passion...

He carefully explained the situation in detail to Liz’s little brother. 

The world was watching. 

Old and young are on the bandwagon...

You can pick your friends, but...

There are winners and there are losers...

This may sound strange, but it's true… and it’s relevant 

In wine there is wisdom...

He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. 

There once was this important football game between two teams. 

It had just begun to rain, so she hailed a taxi and off they went. 

Follow these rules and you should have no problems.

He had this vision of hitting it big, so once a month he tried his luck at the one-armed bandit. 

He asked for a dollar. 

Ever have something happen to you that just defies explanation? 

So he took matters into his own hands. 

Ever since he was a kid, my little brother Billy has had a yen to be rich. 

Seems that everyone and everything grated against him one way or another. 

So I asked where they went to school 

He lives with his wife Barbara down in Pollywogg Holler.  

The general's wife met him at the door. 

It was this month back in 1762 that he was undergoing a serious case of nervousness.