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3. Mystic Seer ( Nick of time ) This story is about a newly young marriage couple who go into a café restaurant and there was a little toy machine called “mystic seer” at their table, with instructions on it that say that , for a penny, it will tell the future. Like a fortune cookie. The husband is curious so he tries it and puts a penny into the toy, asking a question about whether he had gotten the promotion today that he had been trying for. And the answer was “ it has been decided in your favor “. He then calls his company in the café pay phone and asks about it, and finds out that it’s true he really got the promotion.   At this point, the husband starts asking many more questions. And everything the mystic seer answers to him turns out to be true. So he becomes even more crazy, like obsessed, to ask many questions, such as where to live, west or east or north or south. The wife gets fed up with his actions and tells him they should not be a slave of this m

Since New Year’s Eve, we have been enjoying watching the 1950s classic TV series Twilight Zone marathon. Twilight zone is one of our favorite TV series. There is a Japanese version of Twilight Zone and I knew only the Japanese version until I moved to the USA and I didn’t know about the classic Twilight Zone. I think the Japanese version got some inspiration from this original series , and I found many people might get some ideas from the classic Twilight zone for their books or cartoon books, or other movies because I’ve seen many similar situation or themes in the classic Twilight Zone . Ray and I both love this kind of thought provoking themes and we found most of the episodes have important messages which can help in real life situations. I found myself that I love any kind of art or performances or stories or music , films, paintings, which have thought provoking points or messages or themes to improve my life and myself. For example, this is why I love Johnny We