Short stories tagged with Respect

Listing 7 stories.

Two strict Boy Scout scoutmasters decide to prank a third scoutmaster who is loved by the boys. In doing so, they put his authority with the boys into question.

A bounty hunter roaming the Texan and Mexican deserts meets a mysterious old man who saves him from his own hubris.

A teenage boy in the throes of sulky, rebellious adolescence begins stealing a farmer's cannabis plants for quick cash—until his choices come back to bite him.

When a kind, upstanding family man is misidentified as a rapist, he begins to wonder if his longtime community and friends will believe him or the accuser.

Two natives, the last of the Injuns in a colonized land, discuss their plans to reclaim their land from the whites. However, the male native falls into a fatal accident while practicing his shamanism and the lone woman feels the aftereffects.

Two sheltered children are put under the care of a governess with unorthodox ideas about education. The children have never loved learning until now - but these novel ideas draw the disapproval of their mother, who is determined to get rid of the new governess.

Three myths from human groups on other planets describe the origin of humanity, and the necessity of respecting nature.