moral-story

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The Nightingale and the Hawk | 夜莺与鹰

A captured nightingale tries to persuade a hawk to release her by claiming she is too small a mea...

english-reading fable intermediate
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The Wolf and the Man | 狼与人

A boastful wolf, underestimating human strength, is tricked by a fox into attacking a well-armed ...

beginner fable folklore
3 阅读
The Fox and the Goat | 狐狸与山羊

A thirsty fox jumps into a well to drink but gets trapped. He tricks a passing goat into jumping ...

animals beginner english-reading
4 阅读
The Dog and the Sow | 狗与母猪

A dog and a sow argue over whose offspring are superior, with the sow pointing out the biological...

animals beginner dialogue
3 阅读
The Bittern and the Hoopoe | 麻鹬与戴胜鸟

A shepherd explains the importance of balance through a fable. The Bittern's cows grew wild on ri...

educational english-literature fable
3 阅读
The Wolf and His Shadow | 狼与它的影子

A wolf mistakes its elongated shadow at sunset for true size, becomes arrogant, and is consequent...

arrogance beginner cautionary-tale
6 阅读
The Dog and the Wolf | 狗与狼

A clever dog escapes being eaten by a wolf by promising to get fattened up for a future feast, bu...

animals beginner cautionary-tale
3 阅读
The Giant and the Tailor | 巨人与裁缝

A boastful but inept tailor encounters a giant and secures employment through empty bravado. His ...

adventure beginner fairy-tale
2 阅读
The Dolphins and the Whales | 海豚与鲸

A sprat attempts to mediate a fierce and ongoing battle between dolphins and whales, but its offe...

animal-tale conflict fable
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The Dog and His Shadow | 狗和他的影子

A greedy dog, carrying stolen meat, mistakes his own reflection in the water for another dog with...

beginner classic-tale english-learning
5 阅读
The Queen Bee | 蜂后

The youngest and kindest brother, Simpleton, saves creatures on his journey. His compassion is la...

adventure brothers fairy-tale
3 阅读
The Singing Donkey | 唱歌的驴

A lonely donkey ignores his jackal friend's warning and insists on singing loudly in a farmer's o...

animal-tale beginner cautionary-tale
3 阅读
The Wolf and the Lamb | 狼和小羊

A wolf, seeking to eat a lamb, fabricates two false accusations against it. When the lamb logical...

beginner classic-tale english-learning
3 阅读
The Eagle and the Bee | 鹰与蜜蜂

An eagle scorns a bee's humble, anonymous toil, boasting of his own majestic and fearsome exploit...

dialogue english-reading fable
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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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Diamonds and Toads | 钻石与蟾蜍

A fairy tale where kindness is rewarded with jewels from the mouth, and rudeness is punished with...

beginner english-reading fairy-tale
3 阅读
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
3 阅读
Two Peasants | 两个农夫

Two peasants, each in a hurry to go in opposite directions, argue stubbornly when their sledges g...

beginner-english conflict-resolution dialogue
3 阅读
The Stonecutter | 石匠

A dissatisfied stonecutter magically transforms into increasingly powerful entities—a merchant, a...

dissatisfaction fable intermediate
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The Queen and the Mouse | 女王与老鼠

A captive Queen shares her last crumbs with a magical mouse, forging a bond of true friendship. W...

fairy-tale imprisonment kindness
3 阅读