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The Old House | 老房子
A lonely old man living in a decaying, centuries-old house forms a silent friendship with a curio...
The Bell | 钟声
A mysterious and beautiful bell sound draws people from a town into the forest, each seeking its ...
The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Could Conjure | 会施法的女人的花园
Little Gerda, believing her friend Kay is dead, embarks on a river journey to find him. She is ta...
A Play on Words | 文字游戏
Author James Thurber amused himself with wordplay, sharing a story where a nurse's literal answer...
Rabindranath Tagore: A Literary Colossus | 泰戈尔：文学巨匠
Rabindranath Tagore, India's Nobel laureate poet, was a prolific writer whose work explored spiri...
Mark Twain and the Fish | 马克·吐温与鱼
Mark Twain humorously escapes trouble after boasting about out-of-season fish to a stranger who t...
Walter Macken: Life and Works | 瓦尔特·马可肯：生平与作品
Walter Macken (1915-1967) was a prolific Irish writer and actor from Galway. His career spanned n...
The Hat and the Head | 帽子与脑袋
A brief anecdote about Hans Christian Andersen, who lived simply and wore an old hat. When mocked...
The Life of Aesop | 伊索生平
This article outlines the obscure but influential life of Aesop, the legendary Greek fabulist. It...
A Life for a Life | 以命相抵
Impoverished author Richard Savage, unable to pay his doctor's bill after recovering from illness...
A Letter from E.B. White | E.B.怀特的来信
E.B. White explains the origins of his beloved children's books, Stuart Little and Charlotte's We...
Back Home | 回家
Jennifer returns home after being away for three days. The peaceful sunset beach contrasts with t...
The Girl with the Rose | 玫瑰为记
John falls for a woman's mind through her marginal notes in a book. They correspond for a year wi...
Gaston | 加斯顿
A six-year-old girl visits her eccentric father in Paris. Together, they discover a bug named Gas...
The Double Blanket | 一床双人毛毯
A grandfather is being sent to a government home. His son buys him an expensive double blanket as...
The Shirt-Collar | 衬衫领子
A boastful shirt-collar, fancying himself a fine gentleman, proposes to various household items h...
Blue Beard | 蓝胡子
A wealthy man with a blue beard marries a young woman named Fatima, forbidding her from entering ...
The Emperor's New Clothes | 皇帝的新装
A vain emperor is tricked by two swindlers who promise him a magnificent suit of clothes invisibl...
A Rose from Homer's Grave | 荷马墓上的一朵玫瑰
A rose growing on Homer's grave, believing itself too sacred for a common nightingale, dreams of ...
The Red Shoes | 红鞋
A poor girl's obsession with a pair of red dancing shoes leads to vanity, disobedience, and a sup...