The Charmers

After having won the lottery, Charlie and Pete insisted that they be addressed as Charles Edward and Pierre Henri. The
first thing they did was to buy some designer brand clothes, “Hollywood” style sunglasses, and a tanning lamp so they could have that perfect “Caribbean” tan. They had the hair removed from their chests and started using anti-wrinkle cream. They didn’t forget to buy flamboyant gold watches, and to top everything off, they bought themselves the very best; their dream car, a collector’s convertible that became the envy of the neighborhood.

The Dentist

Paquita Gutiérrez was scared to death of dentists. For the last few days she has been tortured by a tooth. At first, she was hoping that it would simply go away. Then she tried all the pain killers in the medicine cabinet. After 3 days, she went to see Carmen, her neighbor who did talking therapy. After 5 days, and not being able to stand it anymore, she made an appointment with the eminent dentist, the doctor Salomon Mimran, whose reputation was the talk of Paris. Paquita, her jaw deformed by an enormous abscess, sat down in the dentist’s chair as if it were the electric chair. “Octor, ‘is it goin to ‘urt?” asked Paquita, her words deformed by the inflammation. "No Madam, you won't feel a thing."

Tuk-Tuk

"Papa, papa, today we’re going to the beach, ok? Yippee, we’re going to the beach, hurray, hurray!” cried Antonin, jumping up and down while pulling with
all his strength on his father’s shirt. “Oh no, no, today we are going on another tour by tuc tuc to discover the streets of the city and its monuments” answered Dominique to his son.“But papa, we already went by tuc tuc yesterday and saw 12 monuments, 6 markets, 4 temples and 2 museums,” said a concerned Antonin. “You will see how much fun you will have!” said Maud, the mother. “I’m going to take some great pictures which we'll see back home. I have already taken 628. Isn’t that marvelous!"

Lady Lawyer

During her childhood, Vera Timmons witnessed numerous acts of delinquency. One day she saw her little neighbor, Peter “Freckles”, with a sarcastic smile, rip into pieces the teddy bear of her friend Katherine. The following week, the same Peter, armed with a slingshot, broke Mrs. Carrigan’s window. Another day, “Freckles” stole a handful of candy by putting his filthy hands in Aunt Mary’s candy bowl. Even if Vera witnessed everything, everyone said that she was lying and accused her little sister of the crime.

Injustice, that is, the injustice of having said the truth and nobody believed her, is what led Vera Timmons to the study of law.