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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 ...
The Man Who Sheltered Rats | 姑息养鼠
A superstitious man shelters rats due to his birth year, leading to infestation and ruin. The new...
Encounter with Feng Sanniang | 邂逅封三娘
A gentle maiden, Lady Fan, befriends the mysterious Lady Feng. With Feng's aid, she finds love wi...
Gulp! Gulp! | 咕咚！咕咚！
A young man in New York, terrified of cockroaches, buys a gecko as a natural solution. The gecko ...
Snow-white | 白雪公主
A classic fairy tale about Snow-white, a beautiful princess whose jealous stepmother, the Queen, ...
A Place to Sleep | 一席之地
A weary traveler, John, finds a town with no hotel vacancies. He agrees to share a room with a no...
Rising with the Rooster | 闻鸡起舞
The story of Zu Ti and Liu Kun, who disciplined themselves to rise at the rooster's crow to pract...
The Hunchback Specialist | 专治驼背
A self-proclaimed specialist promises to cure any hunchback but uses a brutal method that straigh...
Kangaroos and the Cage | 袋鼠与笼子
Zookeepers repeatedly raise a cage's height to contain escaping kangaroos, only to realize the tr...
The Happy Family | 幸福的家庭
A pair of elderly white snails, believing themselves to be the world's most distinguished creatur...
The Boss Parrot | 老板鹦鹉
A customer inquires about three parrots with vastly different prices. The most expensive one, who...
Fables in Phrases: Three Idioms from Aesop | 源自寓言的成语：三个伊索寓言典故
This article explains three common English idioms derived from Aesop's Fables: 'a dog in the mang...
Tyranny Is Fiercer Than Tigers | 苛政猛于虎
Confucius encounters a woman mourning three family members killed by tigers. She prefers the dang...
The Two Estimates | 两份估价单
A non-smoking manager, troubled by smoky meeting rooms, seeks a costly air purification solution....