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Where Does Rice Come From? | 大米从何而来？
A rich man's overconfidence in his sons' intelligence is challenged when they give absurd answers...
A Nice Stone | 上好的石头
A widow humorously reveals how she interpreted her late husband's final wish to buy a "nice stone...
What's Prettier Than Freckles | 比雀斑更美的是什么
A grandmother comforts her freckle-faced grandson after another child's teasing by praising his f...
The Miser and His Gold | 守财奴与金子
A miser who only hoarded and looked at his gold, never using it, loses it to a thief. A neighbor ...
Throwing a Baby into the River | 抱婴投江
A passerby questions a man who is about to throw a child into a river, believing the child will b...
The Scholar's Missed Chances | 仕数不遇
A Zhou Dynasty scholar recounts his lifelong, futile attempts to secure an official post, as each...
The Final Test of Confidence | 自信的最终考验
A professor offers his students a 'B' grade if they opt out of the final exam. Most accept, but t...
Why Bother Getting Up? | 何必当初
A notoriously lazy man named Wang Laowu, who always denies his laziness, falls twice while walkin...
A Mother's Love | 母爱
A farmer cleverly leads a stubborn cow to slaughter by using her calf, demonstrating the powerful...
The Single Mesh | 一孔之见
A bird-catcher, after catching a bird in one mesh of his net, mistakenly believes a single-mesh n...
The Kingfisher's Nest | 翠鸟迁巢
The kingfisher repeatedly lowers its nest out of excessive protectiveness for its young, ultimate...
The Ant and the Grasshopper | 蚂蚁与蚱蜢
A hungry grasshopper begs an ant for food in winter, having sung all summer instead of preparing....
Silent Devotion | 无声的奉献
A mute man and the girl he raised as a sister share a deep, unspoken bond. After she confesses he...
The Hidden Gold | 隐藏的金子
A dying farmer tells his lazy sons there is gold hidden in their olive orchard. Their fruitless d...
A Place to Sleep | 一席之地
A weary traveler, John, finds a town with no hotel vacancies. He agrees to share a room with a no...
The Boss Parrot | 老板鹦鹉
A customer inquires about three parrots with vastly different prices. The most expensive one, who...
The Two Estimates | 两份估价单
A non-smoking manager, troubled by smoky meeting rooms, seeks a costly air purification solution....
Honesty | 诚信
A local boy's extraordinary honesty in fulfilling an errand for Japanese photographers, despite g...
A Handful of Clay | 一撮黏土
A handful of common clay dreams of glory but endures a harsh journey of being shaped, fired, and ...
I Wish I Could Give Him This Beautiful Moon | 我愿赠他这轮明月
A Zen master, finding nothing to steal in his hut, offers his clothes to a bewildered thief. Sitt...