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The Red Shoes | 红鞋
A poor girl's obsession with a pair of red dancing shoes leads to vanity, disobedience, and a sup...
The Ant and the Grasshopper | 蚂蚁与蚱蜢
A hungry grasshopper begs an ant for food in winter, having sung all summer instead of preparing....
The Ghostly Cheerleader | 幽灵啦啦队员
A cheerleader named Lacey encounters a ghostly figure named Alicia during a terrifying earthquake...
Tiresias | 盲眼先知泰瑞西斯
Tiresias, the blind prophet of Thebes, gained his condition and supernatural gifts after accident...
Two Hunters | 两个猎人
Two hunters ignore a pilot's weight limit, pressure him into overloading the plane with two moose...
Lucy's Letter | 露西的信
The narrator's family befriends their elderly neighbor, Lucy, after her husband's death. Lucy bec...
Princess Yunluo | 云罗公主
A tale from *Strange Tales from a Make-Do Studio* about An Daye, who marries the ethereal Princes...
The Lucky Customer | 幸运的顾客
A new supermarket's weekly prize of free shopping fuels the hopes of housewives, especially the p...
Lazy Harry | 懒汉海利
A lazy man named Harry marries an equally idle woman, Fat Katie. Together, they devise increasing...
Navajo Message for the Moon | 纳瓦霍族给月球的讯息
During Apollo mission training on a Navajo reservation, an elder, upon learning of the astronauts...
Food Offered with Contempt | 嗟来之食
During a famine, a proud man starves to death rather than accept food offered with disrespect, il...
Silent Devotion | 无声的奉献
A mute man and the girl he raised as a sister share a deep, unspoken bond. After she confesses he...
My Naughty Brother | 我的淘气弟弟
The narrator describes a typical mischievous act of his little brother Donny, who tried to hit a ...
Plugging One's Ears While Stealing a Bell | 掩耳盗铃
A thief tries to steal a large bell by breaking it, but the loud noise alarms him. In a foolish a...
The Tack Hammer | 图钉之锤
A teacher with a hidden back brace uses a shocking act—hammering a tack through his tie into his ...
The Three Army-Surgeons | 三个军医
Three overconfident army-surgeons boast of their surgical skills by removing their own organs, re...
The Attic | 阁楼之谜
A family moves into a new house and discovers their attic has been ominously nailed shut with twe...
The Pea Blossom | 豌豆花
Five peas from a pod embark on different fates after being shot from a pea-shooter. While four me...
The Hidden Gold | 隐藏的金子
A dying farmer tells his lazy sons there is gold hidden in their olive orchard. Their fruitless d...
The Fox Spirit's Vow | 严父斥子
A scholar's love for a fox spirit is thwarted by his father, leading to tragedy. After his human ...