Riddles (Part 1) | 脑筋急转弯（1）
A collection of 25 English riddles and puns that play with words, homophones, and double meanings...
The Man, His Son and the Donkey | 父子与驴
A man and his son, trying to please every critic they meet on their journey with a donkey, end up...
The Unlikely Hero | 银行劫案
An old lady unknowingly interrupts a bank robbery by returning the robber's car keys, causing him...
Fire Alarm | 火警警报
The author reflects on experiences with fire alarms and drills in an English workplace, contrasti...
Qingwen Mends the Peacock Feather Cloak | 晴雯补裘
Qingwen, though ill, expertly identifies and mends Baoyu's precious peacock feather cloak overnig...
Aping a Beauty | 东施效颦
The story tells of Dong Shi, an ugly girl who blindly imitates the pained expression of the beaut...
Choosing Your Attitude | 选择面对逆境的态度
The article argues that while adversity is inevitable, our attitude towards it is a choice. Using...
The Ghost Wife Lü Wubing | 鬼妻吕无病
A grieving scholar is comforted by a kind, ghostly woman named Lü Wubing. After facing persecutio...
The Lion and the Mouse | 狮子和老鼠
A mighty lion spares a tiny mouse. Later, the mouse repays the kindness by freeing the lion from ...
The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Could Conjure | 会施法的女人的花园
Little Gerda, believing her friend Kay is dead, embarks on a river journey to find him. She is ta...
The Master Carpenter and His Axe | 匠石运斤
A tale of perfect trust and skill: a carpenter removes a speck of plaster from a man's nose with ...
Bianque's Medical Art | 扁鹊的医术
The famous physician Bianque explains to the King of Wei that his eldest brother, who prevents il...
My Little Dog Can't Read | 我的狗不识字
Mrs. Brown laments losing her dog, and when Mrs. Smith suggests placing a newspaper ad, Mrs. Brow...
The Headless Horseman | 无头骑士
A Dutchman encounters the legendary Headless Horseman near Sleepy Hollow cemetery one dark winter...
The Dream of Little Tuk | 小杜克的梦
A poor boy named Tuk must learn his geography lesson about the towns of Zealand while caring for ...
The Idle Crow | 无所事事的乌鸦
A rabbit envies a crow's idleness but learns a harsh lesson about safety and position when it imi...
Detour to Romance | 浪漫的迂回
A young man waits endlessly at a train station for his fiancée who never arrives. Taking a job th...
Right Beside You | 在你身边
A newly blind woman, Susan, regains independence with the patient support of her husband Mark, wh...
The Old House | 老房子
A lonely old man living in a decaying, centuries-old house forms a silent friendship with a curio...
The Emperor's New Clothes | 皇帝的新衣
A vain Emperor is tricked by two swindlers who claim to weave a magical cloth invisible to the un...
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