The Clever Donkey | 自作聪明的驴
A donkey carrying salt falls into a stream and finds his load lighter, mistakenly believing he ha...
The Frog and the Bullock | 蛤蟆与牯牛
An envious frog strains to match a bullock's size, but bursts from the effort. The fable warns ag...
The Frog in the Well | 井蛙之乐
A frog living in a well boasts of his perfect life to a sea turtle, only to be humbled by the tur...
The Fox and the Goat | 狐狸与山羊
A thirsty fox jumps into a well to drink but gets trapped. He tricks a passing goat into jumping ...
Bill, Bingo and Bram 4 | 比尔、宾果与布拉姆 4
The narrator reflects on the depth of their neighbor Bill's simple life and recounts two defining...
The Dry Patch | 干涸的印记
Ross shares a mysterious observation: a perfectly dry patch in Bill's rain-soaked yard. The narra...
Dionysus | 酒神狄俄尼索斯
Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, was raised by nymphs and taught by Silenus. He traveled the worl...
Singles Bar | 单身酒吧
A dentist repeatedly fails at a singles bar until a bartender reveals it's a lawyers' hangout. Po...
The Lawyer's Answer | 律师的回答
A story about balloonists lost in fog who receive a technically correct but useless answer from a...
The Bloody Evidence | 铁证如山
A defendant changes his plea to guilty after three days of trial, explaining to the angry judge t...
What's the Catch | 有何玄机
The devil offers a lawyer immense worldly success in exchange for the eternal damnation of his fa...
Where Am I? | 我在哪儿
An Englishman gets lost and asks a farmer for directions, only to receive a literal and humorous ...
Why Don't You Ever Phone Me? | 你为何从不给我打电话？
A mother visits her son who moved to a distant town for work and confronts him for never calling ...
The Cruise Deal | 巡航游交易
Two men fall for a cheap cruise ad, only to be knocked out and thrown into a river. While floatin...
What's Your Business? | 你的职业是什么？
A cowboy outsmarts a technologically savvy stranger who uses excessive resources to answer a simp...
The Umbrella | 雨伞
A gentleman tries to secure his umbrella with a boastful note, only to have it stolen by a thief ...
An Opponent Lost His Head | 对手丢了脑袋
A politician cleverly deflects a heckler's thrown cabbage by humorously remarking that an opponen...
Two Dollars | 两美元
A man cleverly tests a rude shopkeeper's valuation of his own merchandise, ultimately purchasing ...
The Grounded Conductor | 接地气的调度员
A job applicant for a signalman position gives a series of increasingly improbable contingency pl...
Room and Board | 食宿
A weary salesman shares a bed with a farmer's daughter for the night, only to discover a chilling...
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