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The Crow and the Hen | 乌鸦与母鸡
A crow, overconfident in its safety, chooses to stay in Moscow as the populace flees an invading ...
Hercules and the Waggoner | 赫拉克勒斯与车夫
A waggoner whose cart is stuck in mud idly calls for divine help. Hercules appears and tells him ...
The Lark and the Farmer | 云雀与农夫
A mother lark wisely judges the farmer's actions: when he relies on others, there's no urgency; w...
The Fox and the Crow | 狐狸与乌鸦
A cunning fox uses flattery to trick a crow into dropping her cheese, then offers the moral: "Do ...
The Archer's Mind | 射箭者的心境
A boastful young archer challenges a Zen master. While the youth excels in technique on stable gr...
Besieged on All Sides | 四面楚歌
This article recounts the historical origin of the Chinese idiom "Besieged on All Sides," describ...
The Old Cat | 老猫
An old cat catches a mouse but is too old to kill it, leading its owner to anger. The cat pleads ...
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...