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Four Minus Four | 四减四等于几
A teacher uses a vivid analogy of coins falling through a hole to explain subtraction, but the st...
A Wish for a Nightmare | 真想做个噩梦
Tom hopes for a nightmare where he fails his exams, based on his mother's belief that dreams are ...
Bedtime Prayers | 睡前祈祷
A naughty boy refuses to say his bedtime prayers. When his father warns him this might prevent hi...
Can His Football Come Out? | 他的足球能出来玩吗？
George wants to play with his friend Albert, but Albert's mother refuses due to the cold weather....
I Taught the Teacher | 我教了老师
A little boy proudly tells his mother that he didn't learn anything from the teacher because he w...
I Cannot See It at All | 我根本看不见
A mother asks her son to check the kitchen light while she is busy. The son returns, saying it's ...
The Kitchen Is So Dark | 厨房里太黑了
A mother asks her son to check the kitchen light while she plays mah-jong. The son returns, humor...
A Nightmare Wish | 噩梦愿望
Tom hopes for a nightmare where he fails his exams, believing that since dreams are opposite to r...
Talking on the Telephone | 电话里的对话
A minister uses a telephone as a metaphor to explain prayer to children, comparing talking to God...
The Special Trick | 特别的把戏
A boy excitedly tells his visiting grandmother that his father might now perform a long-promised ...
The Bug in the Alcohol | 酒精中的虫子
A teacher's demonstration of alcohol's lethality to a bug is humorously misinterpreted by a stude...
Ten Candies | 十块糖
A mother tests her son's math with a simple subtraction problem about candies, but the boy gives ...
Lightbulbs For Dinner | 灯泡晚餐
Two boys boast about their fathers' toughness, with one claiming his dad eats lightbulbs for dinn...
A Penny Saved | 省钱妙招
A boy misunderstands his father's instruction to mail a letter with a stamp, thinking he has save...
Gray Hair and Naughty Boys | 白发与顽童
A father humorously attributes his gray hair to his son's mischief, only for the child to naively...
The Prize | 奖品
A boy wins a prize for giving an incorrect answer about an ostrich's legs, as his guess was close...
The Boy and the Tickets | 男孩与电影票
A boy repeatedly buys cinema tickets because an usher keeps tearing them up, misunderstanding tha...
Making Others Glad | 让他人高兴
A Sunday school teacher asks her students about making others happy. A boy shares that he made hi...
Give Up Your Seat to a Lady | 给女士让座
A child recounts being told by his father to give up his seat to a lady on the bus, leading to a ...
The Clever Boy | 聪明的小男孩
A stranger tries to learn a boy's name by asking how his mother calls him for cake, but the boy c...