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I Didn't Want to Walk Home | 我不想走路回家
An elderly man who regularly takes evening walks pretends to be lost so a kind police officer wil...
The Hole in the Road | 路上的坑
A farmer profits from a deceptive water-filled pothole near his farm, charging drivers to pull ou...
A Letter from Hell | 地狱来信
A man's vacation email, sent to a wrong address due to a typo, is mistakenly received by a recent...
The Shirt-Collar | 衬衫领子
A boastful shirt-collar, fancying himself a fine gentleman, proposes to various household items h...
The Thirsty Crow | 口渴的乌鸦
A thirsty crow uses ingenuity by dropping pebbles into a pitcher to raise the water level and que...
The False Collar | 衬衫领子
A boastful false collar, washed with a garter, vainly proposes to various household items before ...
The Third Chicken | 第三只鸡
A university-educated son tries to use logic to prove two chickens are three, but his clever fath...
The Three Lazy Ones | 三个懒汉
A dying king decides his successor will be his laziest son. Each son tries to outdo the others wi...
Ying Ning with a Plum Blossom | 婴宁拈梅
A young scholar, Wang Zifu, falls in love at first sight with a mysterious girl holding a plum bl...
The Hasty Diagnosis | 草率的诊断
A doctor hastily prescribes more exercise to a patient without listening, only to be embarrassed ...
Clever Blackie | 聪明的黑子
Tom sends his clever dog Blackie to buy medicine for his sick friend Jack. Despite initial doubts...
Harold | 哈罗德
Two friends create a straw doll named after a disliked farmer, Harold. Initially a scarecrow and ...
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 ...
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 Alamo Sentinel | 阿拉莫哨兵
A tour bus driver in San Antonio gives a ride to a strangely dressed young man who claims to need...
The Debtor and His Sow | 欠债人与母猪
An Athenian debtor, unable to pay, tries to sell his only sow at market. To impress a buyer, he a...
Through Time and Fog | 穿越迷雾
A driver encounters a mysterious fog on a short trip and discovers a gas station that shouldn't e...
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...
Two Hunters | 两个猎人
Two hunters ignore a pilot's weight limit, pressure him into overloading the plane with two moose...
The Lucky Customer | 幸运的顾客
A new supermarket's weekly prize of free shopping fuels the hopes of housewives, especially the p...