Rosie the hen leaves the chicken coop and sets out for a little walk. Right behind her is the fox, slyly trying to catch up with her. Rosie's walk is quiet, uneventful and eventually leads her back to the coop, blissfully unaware of the fox's travails as he tries -- unsuccessfully -- to navigate the obstacle course that Rosie has led him through.

The Fox is after Rosie, but Rosie doesn't know it. Unwittingly, she leads him into one disaster after the other, each funnier than the last. To enjoy Rosie's walk as much as Rosie does, just look inside!

Rosie the hen leaves the chicken coop and sets out for a little walk. Right behind her is the fox, slyly trying to catch up with her. Rosie's walk is quiet, uneventful and eventually leads her back to the coop, blissfully unaware of the fox's travails as he tries -- unsuccessfully -- to navigate the obstacle course that Rosie has led him through.

The Fox is after Rosie, but Rosie doesn't know it. Unwittingly, she leads him into one disaster after the other, each funnier than the last. To enjoy Rosie's walk as much as Rosie does, just look inside!

No One Is Coming to Help. Now What? In this era of increasingly complex problems and shrinking resources, can we find meaningful and enduring solutions to the challenges we face today as individuals, communities, and nations?

More than three decades have passed since the events described in John Updike’s The Witches of Eastwick . The three divorcées—Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie—have left town, remarried, and become widows. They cope with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world, to such foreign lands as Canada, Egypt, and China, and renew old acquaintance. Why not, Sukie and Jane ...(展开全部)

More than three decades have passed since the events described in The Witches of Eastwick and the three divorcees – Alexandra, Jane and Sukie – have left town, remarried, and become widows. They cope with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world to exotic lands such as Canada, China and Egypt and renew old acquaintances. And then, one summer, they decide to ...(展开全部)

约翰•厄普代克的新作《东威克的遗孀们》，是其25年前的小说《东威克的巫婆们》的续篇，讲述的是三十年后"今天"的故事。如今年华已逝、婚姻不幸、又都丧夫不久的三位女主角，决定再次回到东威克，共同享受一段夏日时光。斗转星移，物事人非。当初令她们爱恨交织的神秘人，戴瑞•范•霍恩已经死了。她们的丈夫与情人们，也已经与她们阴阳相隔。曾经青春曼妙的身体，早已随着失败的婚姻和无情的复仇不复存在，取而代之的是病痛的折磨与年老体衰。然而，三个女人之间的关系依然微妙而敏感，神奇的魔力依然弥漫在东威克的空气当中。很快她们就发现，这里仍有人对她们曾经的"罪行"耿耿于怀，并且正等着看她们"恶有恶报"。 《东威克的遗孀们》延续了上一部《东威克的巫婆们》当中的整蛊风格与魔幻色彩，并进而再造出一种新的情感愿景。书中对于青春的流逝进行了敏锐的探究，用讽刺的视角观察当代美国生活，是...(展开全部)

<BLOCKQUOTE> "How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned. "Oh, good!" Gram said. "Delicious!" And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic.</P></BLOCKQUOTE> As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her ow...(展开全部)

A Walk on the Widers Side Other people die of mumps Or general decay, Of fevers, chills or other ills But Wilders walk away. That's the little ditty they all sing in the quaintly picturesque New England village of Wilders Lane. That's part of the mystery too, of course. You see from pre-Revolutionary War times on, members of the Wilder family never die; they walk way-disappear ...(展开全部)