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Playing the Lute to a Cow | 对牛弹琴
This story tells of a musician who played elegant music for a cow, which ignored him, illustratin...
The Godfather | 教父
A man, guided by a dream, receives magical water from a stranger who becomes his child's godfathe...
Three Feathers | 三根羽毛
A woman uses three magical feathers from her enchanted husband to effortlessly complete her work ...
Eve's Various Children | 夏娃的孩子们
After being expelled from Eden, Adam and Eve have many children, some beautiful and some ugly. Wh...
The Man in the Well | 井底有人
A family's metaphorical comment about gaining an 'extra person' after digging a well is distorted...
The Little Peasant | 小农夫
A clever but poor peasant uses a series of cunning tricks—first with a wooden calf, then a raven ...
Tiger Son | 虎子
A widowed mother, left alone after her hunter son is killed by a tigress, forms an unlikely bond ...
The Wilful Child | 任性的孩子
A willful child, punished by God with an incurable illness, dies but her arm persistently rises f...
The Riddle | 谜语
A prince and his servant survive a witch's poison, which indirectly kills twelve murderers. The p...
The Three Brothers | 三兄弟
The youngest of three brothers outwits a hawk-witch, descends into an abyss, rescues a golden-hai...
The Hare's Bride | 野兔的新娘
A girl is taken by a persistent hare to be his bride but escapes by using a straw doll as a decoy...
Little Brier-Rose | 玫瑰公主
A king and queen's long-awaited daughter is cursed by a slighted fairy to prick her finger on a s...
Hans in Luck | 幸运的汉斯
Hans trades his hard-earned lump of gold for a horse, then successively exchanges it for a cow, a...
The Beam | 横梁
A girl uses the wisdom from a four-leaf clover to expose an enchanter's illusion of a heavy beam,...
The Monster and the Hunter | 怪物与猎人
A brave hunter confronts and kills a fearsome, one-eyed monster by discovering its only weakness....
A Wolf Story | 狼的故事
A farmer's kindness to a wounded wolf is repaid when the magical creature helps him recover lost ...
The Bird Grip | 神鸟格里普
A blind king's three sons seek the magical bird Grip to restore his sight. The two eldest fail du...
The Gemstone Harvest | 宝石的采集
This story describes a clever, albeit provocative, method used by people in southern Yunnan to co...
Sweet Porridge | 神奇的粥锅
A poor girl receives a magic pot that cooks porridge on command. When her mother uses it but forg...
Herr Korbes | 科贝斯先生
A cock and a hen, on a journey to Herr Korbes's house, pick up a series of peculiar passengers. U...