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...
I Was Pushing You | 是我在推你
A hungry monkey and a turtle find a banana tree. When a man approaches, the monkey runs, pulling ...
The Good Witch | 善良的女巫
A good witch helps a yellow frog and a pink elephant fit in by changing their colors, but cannot ...
A Prayer for Hearing | 为听力祈祷
A man asks a preacher to pray for his "hearing," leading to a humorous misunderstanding due to th...
Before Meeting God | 面见上帝之前
A man at heaven's gates recounts his last act of bravery to St. Peter to justify his entry, only ...
Harry's Exam | 哈利的考试
A precocious first-grader convinces his teacher and principal to test him for advancement with a ...
No Cavities | 没有蛀牙
A boy proudly tells his mother the dentist found no cavities, despite his poor dental habits. The...
Praying | 祈祷
A father hears his young son end prayers with "Ta ta" (goodbye), and each time, the person named ...
A Present | 一份礼物
Kate plans to give her mother a teapot for her birthday, only to reveal she has just broken the e...
It's Part of the Game | 我来扮演妈妈
A mother questions her daughter's noisy play, only to learn the children are role-playing a domes...
Funny Faces | 鬼脸
A teacher warns a student making faces that his expression might freeze, only for the student to ...
An Arithmetic Lesson | 一堂算术课
A boy enters a grocery store and places a large, detailed order. When the grocer asks if his moth...
Fines | 罚款
A dean announces escalating fines for entering opposite-gender dorms, prompting a student to humo...
Arithmetic of Affection | 爱的四则运算
A humorous poem uses arithmetic metaphors to describe a romantic encounter between a boy and a gi...
The Legend of Chuck Norris | 查克·诺里斯传奇
A collection of humorous and hyperbolic "facts" celebrating the mythical toughness and impossible...
A Heavenly Mistake | 天堂的误会
Three men from different countries are offered a chance to return to life for $500 each, revealin...
The $800 Debt | 八百美元的债务
A wife, answering the door in a towel, is offered $800 by her neighbor Bob to drop it. She does, ...
The Elderbush | 接骨木树妈妈
A sick boy's elderflower tea brews a magical journey. From the teapot grows an Elderbush, where t...
Mary Ann Nichols's Ghost | 玛丽·安·尼科尔斯的幽灵
This article recounts the murder of Mary Ann Nichols, the first canonical victim of Jack the Ripp...
The Man with the Coconuts | 驮椰子的人
A man ignores a boy's paradoxical advice to go slowly with a heavy load of coconuts. By rushing, ...
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