The Piping Fisherman | 吹笛子的渔夫
A fisherman tries to lure fish by playing his flute, but they only appear after he resorts to usi...
The First House | 第一座房屋的诞生
This story describes the evolution of early human shelter, from living under trees and in unstabl...
Arachne | 阿拉克涅
Arachne, a skilled but arrogant mortal weaver, boasts she surpasses the goddess Minerva. Challeng...
The Lion in Love | 恋爱的狮子
A lion agrees to have its teeth and claws removed to marry a cottager's daughter, only to be driv...
Anne Lisbeth | 安妮·莉丝贝特
A beautiful woman abandons her own son to nurse a noble child. Years later, after her son drowns ...
Weighing the Elephant | 曹冲称象
A young prince cleverly solves the Emperor's challenge of weighing a giant elephant by using the ...
The Giant and the Tailor | 巨人与裁缝
A boastful but inept tailor encounters a giant and secures employment through empty bravado. His ...
The Three Lazy Ones | 三个懒汉
A king decides his successor will be the laziest of his three sons. Each son tries to outdo the o...
Old Rinkrank | 老林克兰克
A princess is trapped inside a glass mountain and forced into servitude by an old man named Old R...
A Bastard in the Family | 家中的私生子
A lawyer returns to an inn expecting a romantic reunion with the innkeeper's daughter, only to fi...
The Yellow Paper | 一张黄纸
A new tech support agent spends hours trying to solve a customer's printer issue where yellow won...
Computer Illiterates | 电脑盲趣闻
Two humorous anecdotes about customers with a fundamental lack of computer knowledge. One tried t...
The Misaddressed Email | 错发的邮件
A husband's vacation email to his wife is accidentally sent to a grieving widow, whose contents c...
Your Grandfather | 你爷爷
A rude young man flaunts his wealth in a restaurant, only to be cleverly reminded by a waiter of ...
Quick Wit | 急智
During an interview for a reconnaissance sergeant position requiring sharp eyesight, a candidate ...
Six or Twelve? | 六块还是十二块？
A blonde, when asked if she wants her pizza cut into six or twelve pieces, chooses six because sh...
Would You Marry Me Again? | 你会再嫁给我一次吗？
A husband's question about marinade is hilariously misheard by his wife as a marriage proposal, l...
Pig or Witch | 猪还是女巫
A man ignores a woman's warning shout of "PIG!" and retorts with an insult, only to later crash i...
Lessons from My Mother | 母亲的教诲
A humorous and nostalgic list of classic phrases many heard from their mothers while growing up, ...
The Blonde's Ransom | 金发女郎的赎金
A down-on-her-luck blonde attempts a kidnapping for ransom, but the plan backfires with an ironic...
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