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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...
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 Wooden Bowl | 木碗
A frail grandfather is isolated by his son and daughter-in-law due to his messy eating habits, fo...
The Smoke Signal | 孤岛上的信号
A shipwreck survivor on a deserted island loses his shelter to a fire, which ultimately becomes t...
Eve's Children | 夏娃的孩子们
After being expelled from Eden, Adam and Eve have many children, some handsome and some ugly. Whe...
Two Prayers | 两个祈祷者
Two shipwreck survivors pray on opposite sides of an island. One receives everything he asks for,...
The Goat Butcher | 屠羊者
A successful goat butcher ignores moral warnings from friends, attributing them to superstition. ...
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,...
Lord Ye's Love of Dragons | 叶公好龙
Lord Ye, famed for his love of dragon decorations, is terrified when a real dragon visits him, re...
The Fox and the Crow | 狐狸与乌鸦
A fox uses flattery to trick a crow into dropping her meat, then remarks on her lack of wisdom. |...
Yallery Brown | 黄褐精灵
A farmhand named Tom frees a magical creature, Yallery Brown, from under a stone. In return, the ...
The Pardoner's Tale | 赦罪僧的故事
A group of wicked youths, seeking Death, find gold under an oak tree. Greed leads them to betray ...
The Nix of the Mill-Pond | 磨坊池塘的水妖
A miller, tricked by a water nymph into promising his newborn son in exchange for wealth, lives i...
Bushy Bride | 毛茸茸的新娘
A kind-hearted stepdaughter is rewarded with beauty and the ability to produce gold after showing...
Tom Hickathrift | 巨人杀手汤姆·希卡思里夫特
Tom Hickathrift, a simple but immensely strong giant of a man from English folklore, rises from l...
The Man with a History | 有故事的人
In 1867, a prematurely aged young man named George Phipps joins a workplace, remaining a quiet an...
The Coral Filial Daughter-in-Law | 珊瑚孝婆
A harsh mother-in-law mistreats her gentle daughter-in-law, forcing a divorce, only to later suff...
Shooting at the Camp Gate | 辕门射戟
Lü Bu ingeniously uses an archery challenge at a banquet to force a ceasefire between Liu Bei and...
The Bachelors and the Python | 单身汉与巨蟒
A tale of two contrasting bachelors who encounter a magical python. The kind Kalemeleme's compass...
The Three Army-Surgeons | 三个军医
Three overconfident army-surgeons boast of their ability to remove and reattach body parts using ...