The Wedding of Mrs. Fox | 狐狸夫人的婚礼
A nine-tailed fox feigns death to test his wife's loyalty. She quickly accepts a new suitor with ...
The Phoenix | 不死鸟
The legend of the lonely phoenix, a beautiful bird living in solitude for centuries before being ...
Mercury and The Tradesmen | 墨丘利与商贩们
A fable explaining why all tradesmen tend to lie, but horse-dealers are the most deceitful of all...
Rumpelstiltskin | 侏儒怪
A miller's daughter is forced to spin straw into gold for a greedy king. A mysterious little man ...
How to Remove the Gum? | 如何取出耳中的口香糖？
A stewardess distributes gum to prevent ear-popping, but a passenger misunderstands and asks how ...
Picking It to Pieces | 吹毛求疵
A meticulous art critic harshly critiques a painting, especially a poorly drawn fly, only for the...
You've Got Blonde Mail | 金发女郎的邮件
A blonde woman repeatedly checks her physical mailbox because her computer keeps notifying her "Y...
Who Was the First Man? | 谁是第一个男人
A teacher asks her class who the first man was. One student cites George Washington's famous epit...
Calm Down, Albert | 冷静，阿尔伯特
A man in a supermarket repeatedly tells "Albert" to calm down while soothing a crying baby. A wom...
The Emperor's Egg | 皇帝的鸡蛋
A Chinese emperor humorously rejects a fifty-year-old egg offered by his servant, insisting he di...
What to Borrow? | 他到底想借什么
Mr. Johnson cleverly asks to borrow a tennis racket after confirming Mr. Smith will be using his ...
Sons' Gifts to Mother | 送给母亲的礼物
Three sons give their mother lavish gifts: a house, a car, and a Bible-reciting parrot. The mothe...
I've Been Trying for Years | 我已尝试多年
A man asks the police to let him speak to the burglar, not to press charges, but to learn the sec...
Take That Gum Out and Put Your Feet In | 把口香糖拿出来，把脚放进去
A teacher catches a student chewing gum with her feet in the aisle and delivers a witty, scolding...
The Bookish Chicken | 爱读书的鸡
A librarian is repeatedly asked for books by a chicken. Her curiosity leads her to follow the chi...
Whose Son is the Greatest | 谁的儿子最了不起
Four mothers of clergy boast about their sons' prestigious titles and the formal greetings they r...
Dinner's Ready | 晚饭准备好了
A humorous anecdote about a parent whose cooking sets off the smoke alarm, only to find their chi...
How to Become Rich | 致富之道
A little boy cleverly leverages a secret to repeatedly extort small sums from his sister's boyfri...
A Period | 一个句号
A kindergartener's literal interpretation of a "period" leads to a darkly humorous misunderstandi...
I Taught the Teacher | 我教了老师
A little boy proudly tells his mother that he didn't learn anything from the teacher because he w...
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