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Gardening Gloves | 园艺手套
The narrator hints for months about needing a new wedding ring due to a gold allergy. On her birt...
A Girl's Unconventional Ambition | 少女的别样志向
A young girl surprises her mother by expressing her desire to become an "old maid," valuing indep...
Blondeback Mountain | 金发女郎的惊险骑遇
A novice blonde rider's impulsive attempt ends in a perilous drag after she falls and gets her fo...
The Airport | 飞机场
A flight attendant's airplane pendant necklace prompts a witty remark about the "airport" being m...
Goodbye, Money | 再见，美元
A family recounts their exhausting but wonderful trip to Disney World. As they leave, the childre...
A Better Mailman | 一个更好的邮递员
A mailman who is afraid of dogs panics when confronted by one, throwing the mail over a fence. Th...
Never Learned to Spend | 没学会花钱
A frugal elderly woman, when told her savings would last until age 100, worried about what would ...
Wait for Your Salary | 等着发工资吧
A playful and empathetic poem offers companionship and comfort for various emotional needs, but c...
Mr. Brown's Car | 布朗先生的汽车
Mr. Brown humorously explains to a neighbor that his new car only truly "belongs" to him when it ...
White Gloves and a Tie | 白手套与领带
A medical technologist with dry skin wears white gloves coated in petroleum jelly to bed. Her hus...
A Dog's Bad Habit | 狗狗的坏习惯
A professional animal trainer describes training her dog to stop pulling laundry off the line by ...
Simple Estimation | 简单估算
A housewife asks her husband how to estimate living costs, and he humorously suggests simply addi...
The Thrifty Couple | 节俭的夫妇
A story about an extremely frugal elderly couple. The wife becomes alarmed when her husband naps ...
The Enigmatic Woman | 难以琢磨的女人
This humorous piece outlines the paradoxical and often contradictory expectations a man might fac...
A Gentle Reminder | 委婉的提醒
A wife hints about their 35th anniversary at breakfast, but her husband humorously misunderstands...
Change Your Business | 换个工作
A doctor prescribes more walking to a patient suffering from lack of exercise, only to discover t...
The Smartest Dog | 最聪明的狗
A man is astonished to see his friend playing chess with a dog, hailing it as the smartest dog he...
First Day as a Cab Driver | 出租车司机的第一天
A new taxi driver, previously a funeral van driver for 25 years, is startled when a passenger tap...
The Abstinence Lecture | 戒酒演讲
During a temperance speech, a speaker warns that alcohol ruins marriages, prompting an ironic sho...
Saving Money | 存钱
A humorous dialogue where a husband reflects on his changed perspective on saving money after mar...