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...
Persistence | 缠住不放
A father tries to avoid his young daughter's direct question about who won a golf game by saying ...
Hitting the Bottle | 砸瓶子
A mother struggling with a ketchup bottle has her young daughter answer the phone, leading to a h...
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...
Gobble, Gobble, Gobble | 咕咕，咕咕，咕咕
A game warden confronts a boy with a wild turkey out of season, threatening to mirror any harm do...
Where Is the Egg? | 鸡蛋在哪里？
A humorous classroom dialogue where a student's literal interpretation of a vocabulary exercise l...
Why Did You Do That? | 为何如此
A story about cultural perceptions of abundance. A Russian and a Cuban casually discard vodka and...
You Do The Math | 幽默数学：生活方程式
A collection of humorous, tongue-in-cheek "equations" and observations about gender dynamics in r...
The Bald Man and His Wig | 秃头男人与假发
A bald man's wig is blown off by the wind while hunting, amusing his friends. He joins in the lau...
Missing Wife | 失踪的妻子
A man reports his wife missing a month after she disappeared, explaining his delayed report was d...
Win One for Me, Daddy | 为我赢一场，爸爸
A champion NASCAR driver recounts the emotionally challenging 1987 season: struggling with a new ...
The Blind Man in Spring | 看不见春天的盲人
A publicist rewrites a blind beggar's sign from a simple plea to a poignant statement about missi...
The Name of the Cleaner | 清洁工的名字
A nursing professor's pop quiz question about the cleaner's name teaches a lasting lesson: everyo...
The Lost Love Letter | 迟到的情书
A British-Spanish couple, separated for 16 years, reunited and married after a lost love letter w...
First Boyfriend | 第一个男朋友
A little girl named Jenny, struggling to make friends at school, proudly tells her classmates she...
Princess Yunluo | 云罗公主
A tale from *Strange Tales from a Make-Do Studio* about An Daye, who marries the ethereal Princes...
Old John and Pepper | 老约翰与佩佩
A hospice nurse recounts the poignant, simultaneous passing of an elderly patient and his elderly...
Big Boss Man | 大老板
A humorous fable where the body parts argue over who should be boss. When the asshole goes on str...
The Power of Choice | 选择的力量
A story about Michael, who maintains a relentlessly positive outlook by consciously choosing his ...
The Gift Within | 来自内心的礼物
A teacher appreciates stale water from a student, valuing the kindness behind the gift over the o...
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