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Clever Elsie | 聪明的艾尔西
A girl named Clever Elsie is married to Hans after her family and he are convinced by her absurd,...
The Cock and the Hen | 公鸡与母鸡
A hen complains to a rooster about his repeated, unfulfilled promises to get her shoes, despite h...
Second Thoughts | 重新考虑
An alien translator, Mooba, facilitates contact between humanity and the word-obsessed Xxlepis ra...
The Tale of Schlauraffen Land | 懒人国的传说
A whimsical, first-person narrative recounts a series of fantastical and impossible sights in the...
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...
Swallowing a Date Whole | 囫囵吞枣
A young man, upon hearing that pears benefit teeth but harm the spleen while dates benefit the sp...
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...
Dong Shi Imitates Xi Shi | 东施效颦
The story tells of Dong Shi, an ugly woman who blindly imitates the beautiful Xi Shi's pained exp...
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...
Knoist and His Three Sons | 克诺伊斯特和他的三个儿子
A man named Knoist has three sons with distinct disabilities. They embark on a surreal journey in...
Old Hildebrand | 老希尔德布兰德
A cunning village parson conspires with a peasant's wife to send her husband on a fake pilgrimage...
Master Pfriem | 鞋匠普弗里姆师傅
Master Pfriem, a perpetually critical shoemaker, finds fault with everyone and everything on eart...
The Bear and the Fox | 熊与狐狸
A bear and a fox jointly buy butter for Christmas. The fox repeatedly sneaks away to eat it, inve...
The Grandsons | 半斤八两
A profligate prime minister's grandson, having lost his fortune, hires a ragged man to carry a bo...
Wise Folks | 聪明人
A peasant spares his foolish wife from a beating after she makes a terrible deal, but only if he ...
Presenting a Tall Hat | 戴高帽子
This story illustrates the Chinese idiom "presenting a tall hat," meaning to flatter. An official...
Bill, Bingo and Bram 6 | 比尔、宾果与布拉姆 6
The narrator is surprised to see the reclusive neighbor Bill venture out, drawn by a commotion. B...
The Three Cats | 三只猫
Three bored cats meet at the park, get covered in paint during an adventure, and cleverly wash it...
Counting Chickens | 数小鸡
Mary receives six chickens from her uncle for her birthday, but after accidentally dropping the b...
The Merry Wives | 快活的妻子们
Three wives wager to see who can trick her husband the most foolishly to avoid paying for their w...