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An Antidote | 解药

A young ostrich eats a keg of nails and complains of stomach pain. Its mother, instead of advisin...

beginner fable humor
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The Clever Interpreter | 聪明的口译员

A writer is amazed when his interpreter translates a long anecdote into Japanese in seconds, maki...

anecdote communication culture
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Huang Gong's Excessive Modesty | 黄公好谦卑

A story about Huang Gong, whose excessive modesty led him to falsely claim his beautiful daughter...

chinese-culture fable humor
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The Ugly Man of Lu | 偏激

A father, blinded by bias, insists his exceptionally ugly son is more handsome than a man famed f...

beginner chinese-fable humor
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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...

beginner fiction folktale
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Where Does Rice Come From? | 米从何来

A rich man's two foolish sons, when asked where rice comes from, give absurd answers (kitchen, ba...

beginner-english chinese-culture educational
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The Mayor's Revenge | 市长的报复

Two mayors bet on a football game with tomatoes and potatoes as stakes. After overhearing his tom...

fiction humor intermediate
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God and Eve in the Garden of Eden | 伊甸园中的上帝与夏娃

In the Garden of Eden, a dissatisfied Eve complains to God about loneliness and boredom. God offe...

creation-myth dialogue gender-relations
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Lazy Harry | 懒惰的哈里

Lazy Harry marries Fat Katie to avoid herding his goat, but their shared idleness leads them to t...

beginner-english fairy-tale folklore
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Eve's Diary | 夏娃日记

In her first diary entry, a newly created Eve reflects on her existence as an 'experiment' in the...

classic diary fiction
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Strange Names | 奇怪的名字

A father's peculiar choice of names for his sons—"Thief" and "Hit"—leads to a disastrous misunder...

beginner folktale humor
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Talking to a Fish | 与鱼对话

A man at a fish shop pretends to converse with a fish, humorously explaining its ignorance of cur...

beginner-english dialogue everyday-life
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The Special Crab | 与众不同的螃蟹

A female crab is impressed when a suitor walks straight, not sideways, and quickly marries him. T...

animal-fable beginner-english humor
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I Never Work After Supper | 饭后从不工作

A stingy farmer tries to make his farmhand work non-stop by having all meals at once in the morni...

beginner-english dialogue folktale
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The Flying Squirrel's Five Skills | 鼯鼠的五种本领

A flying squirrel boasts of mastering five skills, but its friends point out that it excels at no...

beginner fable humor
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The Ducks of Heaven | 天堂的鸭子

Three women in heaven are punished for stepping on ducks by being eternally chained to an ugly ma...

beginner fiction heaven
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Beauty of Form and Beauty of Mind | 形体之美与心灵之美

A sculptor falls for a beautiful but silent woman, valuing form over substance. After her death, ...

culture fiction humor
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The Three Sluggards | 三个懒汉

A dying king promises his kingdom to the laziest of his three sons. Each son boasts of his extrem...

fairy-tale folklore humor
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The Three Lazy Ones | 三个懒汉

A king decides his successor will be the laziest of his three sons. Each son tries to outdo the o...

fairy-tale folklore humor
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Apelles and the Ass | 阿佩莱斯与驴

A vain little ass mistakenly believes the painter Apelles admires him for a noble reason. Apelles...

culture dialogue fable
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