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The Lion and the Mouse | 狮子与老鼠
A mighty lion spares a mouse, who later returns the favor by freeing the lion from a hunter's tra...
The Country Maid and Her Milk | 村姑与牛奶
A country maid daydreams about the wealth and social success she will gain from selling her milk,...
The Ass, the Fox and the Lion | 驴、狐狸和狮子
An ass and a fox ally to find food but encounter a lion. The fox betrays the ass to save himself,...
The Crow and the Hen | 乌鸦与母鸡
A hen, vigilant against birds of prey, mistakenly trusts a seemingly friendly crow, which then st...
The Goat and the Vine | 山羊与葡萄藤
A vine warns a grazing goat that its destructive actions will be met with poetic justice during t...
The Nail | 一枚铁钉
A merchant, in a hurry to return home, repeatedly ignores warnings about a missing nail in his ho...
Dickens and His Cat | 狄更斯与他的猫
A story about Charles Dickens and his Persian cat, who cleverly interrupted his reading by puttin...
The Tortoise and the Eagle | 乌龟与鹰的友谊
An eagle repeatedly enjoys the tortoise's hospitality while mocking his inability to visit the ea...
Kua Fu Chases the Sun | 夸父追日
This ancient Chinese myth tells of the giant Kua Fu's relentless pursuit of the sun, his immense ...
The Sword in the Stone (I) | 石中剑（上）
King Uther Pendragon, with Merlin's magic, wins Igraine but must give up their newborn son Arthur...
Beauty and the Beast | 美女与野兽
Beauty, a kind young woman, sacrifices herself to a Beast to save her father. Living in his encha...
The Singing Bone | 会唱歌的骨头
A kind younger brother slays a terrorizing boar with a magical spear, but is murdered by his envi...
Betty Stoggs' Baby | 贝蒂·斯托格斯的孩子
A whimsical tale of a young woman whose desires shape her life, leading to marriage, a home, a pe...
Androcles and the Lion | 奴隶安德鲁克里斯与狮子
A runaway slave named Androcles helps an injured lion by removing a thorn from its paw. Later, wh...
The Fisherman and His Wife | 渔夫和他的妻子
A kind fisherman releases an enchanted flounder. His wife's insatiable greed leads them from a ho...
The Ungrateful Son | 忘恩负义的儿子
A son hides food from his elderly father and is cursed when the meal turns into a toad that attac...
The Fall of Man | 人类的堕落
The serpent tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, leading to the firs...
The Three Little Birds | 三只小鸟
A king marries a shepherdess, but her jealous sisters attempt to murder her three newborn childre...
Rumpelstiltskin | 侏儒怪
A miller's daughter is forced by a greedy king to spin straw into gold. A mysterious little man h...
Brother Lustig | 快乐兄弟
A discharged soldier, Brother Lustig, demonstrates both generosity and cunning in a series of enc...