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The Happy Shoemaker | 快乐的鞋匠
A rich but unhappy merchant, disturbed by his poor neighbor the shoemaker's constant singing, giv...
Pulling Up Seedlings to Help Them Grow | 揠苗助长
An impatient farmer pulls up his rice shoots to make them grow faster, only to cause them all to ...
The Philosophical Mouse | 哲学老鼠
A philosophical mouse praises nature for protecting mice, believing bats can restore their race i...
The Bird in the Dunghill | 粪堆里的小鸟
A frozen bird is saved by cow dung's warmth but is then eaten by a wildcat after its singing give...
The Oxen and the Axletrees | 公牛与轮轴
A pair of hardworking oxen complain about the noisy axletrees, only to be reminded that those who...
The Fox and the Grapes | 狐狸与葡萄
A fox, unable to reach a bunch of grapes after repeated attempts, convinces himself they are sour...
The Gap | 差距
Two graduates, John and Bobby, work equally hard, but only Bobby gets promoted. When asked to gat...
The Dancing Monkeys | 跳舞的猴子
A prince's trained dancing monkeys, disguised as courtiers, abandon their performance when tempte...
The Fox and the Goat | 狐狸与山羊
A trapped fox tricks a goat into jumping into a well by promising water during a drought, then us...
The Spendthrift and the Swallow | 败家子与燕子
A spendthrift mistakes an early swallow for a sign of summer, sells his coat, and blames the bird...
The Lark Burying Its Mother | 百灵鸟葬母
An ancient legend tells how the lark, created before Earth, buried its mother in its own head for...
The Black Bear's Fatal Obsession | 熊性恶血
This article describes how black bears' instinctive aversion to blood can lead to a fatal cycle o...
The Chicken Thief | 攘鸡
Mencius uses the parable of a man who plans to gradually reduce and delay stopping his theft to c...
The Cat and the Cock | 猫与公鸡
A cat seeks a pretext to eat a cock, dismissing the cock's defense of his useful crowing. The fab...
The Dove and the Crow | 鸽子与乌鸦
A caged dove boasts of her many offspring, but a crow points out that a larger family only means ...
The Gift Within | 来自内心的礼物
A teacher appreciates stale water from a student, valuing the kindness behind the gift over the o...
Where Does Rice Come From? | 大米从何而来？
A rich man's foolish sons, when asked where rice comes from, give absurd answers (kitchen, bag), ...
The Man Who Could Do No Wrong | 从不错的人
A peasant trades his horse for increasingly less valuable items, culminating in a bag of mashed a...
The Thirsty Man and the River | 口渴的人与河流
A thirsty man, after chasing a mirage to a river, refuses to drink because he cannot consume all ...
The Old Man and His Sons | 老人与儿子们
An old man uses a bundle of sticks to teach his quarreling sons a lesson about strength in unity ...