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I Can Go Home | 我可以回家了
A teacher promises early dismissal to the first student who answers his question. The next day, B...
Sex Positions | 性爱体位
A humorous anecdote from a Sex Ed class where a student's simple answer to a question about sexua...
A Great Excuse | 绝佳借口
A store's "no bottles after 5 PM" rule is cleverly circumvented by a young child who claims he ca...
Feeling Unhappy | 心里难受
A son cleverly uses a moral question about not hurting the unhappy to preempt his father's anger ...
Hole In The Fence | 篱笆上的洞
Three boys repeatedly peek at a nude sunbather through a fence hole. Johnny runs away each time, ...
Too Young | 太年轻
A man finds his girlfriend leaving, accusing him of being a pedophile. His witty retort reveals t...
Grown-Up Words | 大人的用词
A teacher instructs first-graders to use "grown-up" vocabulary when describing their summer. The ...
Buccaneers | 海盗的双关语
A young girl named Mary cleverly plays on the double meaning of "buccaneers" in a Halloween costu...
A Small Boy and a Donkey | 小男孩与驴子
A boy leading a donkey is teased by soldiers who call the donkey his "brother". The boy's witty r...
A Child's Perspective | 孩子的视角
A boy questions a newspaper photo's caption "On Their Way To School," insisting the happy childre...
Sharing the Apples | 分苹果
Harry is told to share two apples with his sister. He gives her the small one and takes the large...
The Smart Boy's Reply | 聪明男孩的回答
A teacher vividly recounts Newton's apple story to illustrate the importance of gravity, only to ...
I Caught Every Step | 一级也没漏
A boy takes a tumble down the stairs and humorously tells his father he didn't miss a single step...
Finding Danny | 寻找丹尼
A father navigates a scene of unimaginable chaos and destruction, driven by the desperate hope of...
De-nephew | 侄子谐音
A new mother's brother names her twins Denise and De-nephew, the latter being a pun on "the nephe...
No Argument | 不争论
A student, when pressed by his teacher to explain how he knows the Earth is round, humorously cha...
He Won | 他赢了
A short dialogue where Johnny explains his brother's injury resulted from winning a dangerous gam...
Who Was Fighting? | 谁在打架
A humorous dialogue where a boy claims he was running to stop a fight, only to reveal he was one ...
My Half Was at the Bottom | 我的那一半在瓶底
Two boys share a bottle of lemonade on a picnic. When one finishes it, he gives a clever but flaw...
Can You Write in the Dark? | 您能在黑暗中写字吗？
A daughter cleverly asks her father if he can write in the dark, hoping he will sign her poor rep...