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The Miser and His Gold | 守财奴与金子
A miser who only hoarded and looked at his gold, never using it, loses it to a thief. A neighbor ...
The Alamo Sentinel | 阿拉莫哨兵
A tour bus driver in San Antonio gives a ride to a strangely dressed young man who claims to need...
Throwing a Baby into the River | 抱婴投江
A passerby questions a man who is about to throw a child into a river, believing the child will b...
The Strange Visitor | 不速之客
The narrator's great-grandmother recounts a chilling childhood memory: after her father's funeral...
The Handan Walker | 邯郸学步
A young man from Shouling, plagued by self-doubt, travels to Handan to copy the locals' celebrate...
Jingwei Fills the Sea | 精卫填海
This fable tells the story of Jingwei, a bird transformed from a drowned girl, who tirelessly att...
The Scholar's Missed Chances | 仕数不遇
A Zhou Dynasty scholar recounts his lifelong, futile attempts to secure an official post, as each...
The Final Test of Confidence | 自信的最终考验
A professor offers his students a 'B' grade if they opt out of the final exam. Most accept, but t...
The Naughty Boy | 顽皮的孩子
A kind old poet shelters a beautiful, shivering boy from a storm, only to discover the child is C...
Why Bother Getting Up? | 何必当初
A notoriously lazy man named Wang Laowu, who always denies his laziness, falls twice while walkin...
Hercules and Plutus | 赫拉克勒斯与财神
Hercules snubs Plutus at a divine banquet, explaining to Jupiter that he dislikes the god of weal...
Gossip | 闲话
This article uses the metaphor of "bags of gossip" to illustrate the different ways people handle...
The Dean's Morning Greeting | 系主任的早晨问候
A dean identifies a class as freshmen based on their enthusiastic response to his greeting, then ...
The Clever Little Tailor | 聪明的小裁缝
A proud princess challenges suitors with a riddle. A clever but seemingly unskilled young tailor ...
Alone in the House | 独自在家
A young woman is left alone in her grandfather's centuries-old London home. Over two terrifying n...
The Debtor and His Sow | 欠债人与母猪
An Athenian debtor, unable to pay, tries to sell his only sow at market. To impress a buyer, he a...
A Mother's Love | 母爱
A farmer cleverly leads a stubborn cow to slaughter by using her calf, demonstrating the powerful...
Through Time and Fog | 穿越迷雾
A driver encounters a mysterious fog on a short trip and discovers a gas station that shouldn't e...
Where Is God? | 上帝在哪里？
A mischievous boy, sent to a stern clergyman for discipline, is terrified when repeatedly asked "...
The Single Mesh | 一孔之见
A bird-catcher, after catching a bird in one mesh of his net, mistakenly believes a single-mesh n...