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Akanidi The Bright Sunbeam | 阿卡尼迪，明亮的阳光
The Sun's youngest daughter, Bright Sunbeam, chooses love with a mortal fisherman, defying her je...
Why Opossum's Tail Is Bare | 负鼠的尾巴为何光秃秃
A vain opossum, obsessed with his bushy tail, falls victim to Rabbit and Cricket's trick. They co...
The Peasant's Wise Daughter | 聪明的农家女
A wise peasant girl's counsel saves her father, solves a king's riddle to become queen, and later...
A Royal Thief-Catcher | 皇家捕贼人
A miserly Brahman hides his wealth in the forest, only to have it stolen. Grief-stricken, he vows...
How the Sun Was Rescued | 太阳获救记
A myth about animals rescuing the stolen Sun. After the wise raven and skeptical owl debate the b...
The Rain-Bringing Dragons | 布雨之龙
Four compassionate dragons defy the indifferent Jade Emperor to end a devastating drought by brin...
Doctor Knowall | 无所不知的医生
A poor peasant, Crabb, impersonates a doctor through clever tricks. When hired to find a lord's s...
The Boy Who Became a Stone | 化为石头的男孩
A boy, heartbroken after his grandmother eats his pet bird, asks a stone to swallow him. Despite ...
The Elixir of Immortality | 不死之药
A Chu palace guard is tasked with delivering an elixir of immortality to the king. An archer, upo...
The Maid of Brakel | 布拉克尔的少女
A girl prays for a husband in a chapel, unaware a clerk overhears and interrupts. Mistaking his v...
The Three Apprentices | 三个学徒
Three destitute apprentices make a pact with the Devil, agreeing to speak only in coded phrases i...
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Part Two) | 阿里巴巴与四十大盗（下）
The robbers discover Ali Baba knows their secret and attempt to find and kill him. Twice, Morgian...
Wishful Thinking | 一厢情愿
A farmer falls ill from unrequited love for a princess. His friends deceive him about proposing t...
The Hazel Branch | 榛树枝
The Virgin Mary, while picking strawberries for the sleeping Christ-child, is threatened by an ad...
The Foolish Traveler | 愚人游记
A naive young man sets out to travel with only a phrase for guidance. His literal repetition of e...
Lean Lisa | 精瘦的丽莎
A story about Lean Lisa, a hardworking but poor woman who argues with her husband over hypothetic...
The Magic Brush | 魔笔
A poor boy named Ma Liang receives a magic brush from an old man. He uses it to create food and s...
Zhou Chu Eliminates the Evils | 周处除害
The story recounts how Zhou Chu, once a local menace, realizes his own harmful nature after slayi...
The Magic Pitcher | 魔法水罐
A woodcutter's encounter with forest fairies and a magic pitcher leads to temporary luxury but ul...
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...