Wonderful Thinsome | 美妙的三人行
A newlywed wife tells her husband their household will soon have a third member. Overjoyed at the...
Only One Instance | 唯一的实例
Henry Beecher wittily responds to an insulting letter containing only the word "Fool" by humorous...
Never Learned to Spend | 没学会花钱
A frugal elderly woman, when told her savings would last until age 100, worried about what would ...
All in Here | 全都在这里
A warden pities an inmate who never receives visitors, only to learn the inmate's friends and fam...
Wait for Your Salary | 等着发工资吧
A playful and empathetic poem offers companionship and comfort for various emotional needs, but c...
The Doctor Knows Better | 医生懂得多
A man injured in an accident insists he is alive, but his wife trusts the doctor's contrary diagn...
A Dog's Bad Habit | 狗狗的坏习惯
A professional animal trainer describes training her dog to stop pulling laundry off the line by ...
Paddy | 帕蒂
A boy mourns his dog Paddy after a misunderstanding. His mother gently told him of Paddy's death,...
Two Tickets, Please | 请给两张票
A young man's attempt to buy movie tickets for a date takes an unexpected turn when the show is s...
Change Your Business | 换个工作
A doctor prescribes more walking to a patient suffering from lack of exercise, only to discover t...
The Rejuvenation Pill | 返老还童药片
Mrs. Daly receives rejuvenation pills from her son. Months later, she appears young and beautiful...
Now I Have Two Skunks | 现在我有两只臭鼬了
A resident calls the police for help removing a skunk from the basement and is advised to lure it...
The Letter Carrier | 邮递员
A doctor prescribes daily walks to a patient, only to discover the patient's job already involves...
The Bait | 诱饵
Mr. Smith calls a doctor because a mouse ran into his sleeping wife's mouth. The doctor suggests ...
The Cheese and the Mouse | 奶酪与老鼠
A lady uses a picture of cheese as bait in a mousetrap and humorously finds a picture of a mouse ...
The Three Turtles and the Coffee | 三只乌龟与咖啡
Three turtles go for coffee when it rains. The smallest one agrees to fetch an umbrella only if t...
How Many Dogs Does It Take to Change a Light Bulb? | 换灯泡需要几只狗？
A humorous piece imagining how different dog breeds (and a cat) would approach the simple task of...
The Ecopalian | 被吓破胆的圣公会教徒
A joke about three clergymen on a turbulent flight. While a Catholic and a Jew calmly attribute t...
I'll Carry You Down | 背您下楼
A teenage son, finding his mother unwell in bed, offers to carry her downstairs to the stove to r...
The Good Samaritan | 好撒玛利亚人
A Sunday school teacher vividly recounts the parable of the Good Samaritan and asks her students ...
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