Living Diagonally In My Parallel World!

Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither happy nor content. One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so much joy. The King asked the servant, 'Why are you so happy?'' The man replied, 'Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant. But my family and I don't need too much - just a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummies.' The king was not satisfied with that reply. Later in the day, he sought the advice of his most trusted advisor. After hearing the King's woes and the servant's story, the advisor said, 'Your Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of The 99 Club.'' The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?' the King inquired. The advisor replied, 'Your Majesty, to truly know what The 99 Club is, place 99 Gold coin...

It was about 9.30 in the evening when I drove out of the office parking lot. The rains that had tormented for the past hour had just tired itself to a drizzle and this had caused a huge influx of traffic on the roads. Cursing under my breath, I too joined the traffic jam. As luck would have it I got caught on the left lane of the road while I had to take a right turn at the next traffic. This meant I would have to cross over 3 lanes of traffic while going from left to right. I was going to annoy a lot of other drivers. I tried to be patient waiting for the traffic to inch forward when I heard a tap on my co-driver side window. Through the fog that gathered on the window I could make out the figure of a woman. I rolled down the window and looked inquiringly at her. She had an oversize coat over her and most part of the face was covered … probably to protect from the rain. She told me that her car battery had died and that she had left it in her office parking. It was impossible to...