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Two Pieces of Cake | 两块蛋糕
A child asks for two pieces of cake, and the mother cleverly reinterprets the request by offering...
The Biggest in the World | 世界上最大的东西
A student gives a witty and philosophical answer about eyelids being the biggest thing in the wor...
Hospitality | 热情好客
A boy helpfully fetches cheese for a guest, only to reveal it came from a rat-trap, turning an ac...
A Child's Prayer | 孩童的祈祷
A father and son pass a car accident on their way to McDonald's. When the father suggests praying...
Give Me a Dollar | 给我一元钱
A son asks his father for a dime, but the father suggests he's too old for such small change. The...
Grandma's Age | 外婆的年龄
A child's innocent question humorously challenges his grandmother's playful evasion about her age...
The Bishop and the Door Knocker | 主教与门环
Bishop Creighton kindly helps a boy knock on a door, only to be urged to flee with him afterward....
Lady First | 女士优先
A teacher asks her class about the correctness of a sentence pairing "ox" and "cow." While most a...
What Are The Two Words? | 是哪两个词？
A grandmother asks her granddaughter to promise never to use the words "lousy" and "swell," but t...
What's Sex? | 性别是什么？
A boy asks his mother about sex, prompting a detailed modern explanation, only to reveal he was r...
Boogers and Broccoli | 鼻屎与西兰花
A humorous comparison highlighting a common childhood food aversion. | 一个幽默的对比，突显了孩子们普遍对某种食物的抗拒。
Waiting for My Secretary | 我在等我的秘书
A boy, when asked to write "If I Were a Manager," tells his teacher he is waiting for his secreta...
Counting Stars | 数星星
John tries to count stars on a dark night, prompting his younger brother Tom to humorously sugges...
The Easter Egg Surprise | 复活节彩蛋的惊喜
During a children's Easter sermon, a minister shows an egg and asks what's inside, to which a lit...
What Are You In For? | 手术室外的对话
Two children in a hospital compare their upcoming surgeries with humorous childhood logic and mis...
I Didn't Notice the Other | 我没看到另一块
A humorous dialogue where a boy explains the disappearance of a piece of cake by claiming it was ...
She Ate All My Bait | 她把所有的诱饵都吃了
A boy refuses to take his little sister fishing again, not because she was noisy, but because she...
The Teacher Cried | 老师哭了
A spoiled six-year-old boy, accustomed to getting his way through tantrums, goes to school for th...
Synonym or Bad Language? | 同义词还是脏话？
A child misunderstands the definition of a synonym after his mother uses harsh, synonymous words ...
A Present | 一份礼物
Kate plans to give her mother a teapot for her birthday, only to reveal she has just broken the e...