What Is a Fish Net? | 鱼网是什么？
A teacher asks a girl what a fish net is made of, and she gives a clever, literal answer describi...
Weird Names | 奇怪的名字
A boy questions his father's unusual naming method, only to discover his own name follows the sam...
Panic on the Highway | 山路惊魂
The narrator recounts a cross-country road trip where a deep-seated fear of mountain roads and hi...
The Ghost That Followed Me Home | 鬼魂随我回家
The narrator recounts a trip to Tombstone where a visit to a reportedly haunted restroom stall wa...
Jef Raskin: He Thought Different | 杰夫·拉斯金：一位与众不同的思考者
Jef Raskin, the visionary creator of the Apple Macintosh, passed away on February 26 at age 61. A...
Time Out | 暂停时刻
A young consultant, nervous about meeting a major advertising firm's president, responds to the e...
The Supernatural Turtle | 神龟报恩
A Tang official's wife buys a giant, weeping turtle out of pity. After her husband releases it, h...
Love's Final Lesson | 爱的最终一课
A couple in their seventies files for divorce after 40 years of marriage, seeking freedom from un...
The Fowler and the Lark | 捕鸟人与百灵鸟
A lark, curious about a fowler's claim of founding a city, is deceived by the bait in his nets an...
The Ghost of Queen Anne Boleyn | 安妮·博林王后的幽灵
The ghost of Anne Boleyn, executed wife of Henry VIII, is uniquely reported at multiple UK locati...
Marriage Maxims 1 | 婚姻箴言1
A collection of witty and insightful quotes about marriage, contrasting the perspectives of bache...
The Bundle of Sticks | 一捆木柴
A farmer teaches his quarreling sons a lesson about unity by showing them that a bundle of sticks...
Cao Shang's Mission to Qin | 曹商使秦
Cao Shang boasts to Zhuangzi about the hundred carriages he received from the King of Qin for fla...
Act Upon Hearing? | 闻斯行诸
Confucius gave opposite advice to two students asking the same question about acting immediately....
The Lion and the Mouse | 狮子和老鼠
A mighty lion spares a mouse's life, who later returns the favor by freeing the lion from a trap,...
The Fox Mourns the Hare's Death | 兔死狐悲
A fox and a hare form an alliance against hunters. When the hare is killed, the fox mourns, reali...
The Cat and the Mice | 猫和老鼠
A cat tries to lure hidden mice by pretending to be dead, but a wise mouse sees through the trick...
The Dodder and the Great Tree | 茑萝与大树
A temple idol, jealous of a great tree and the vines clinging to it, sows discord by blaming the ...
Potential vs. Reality | 潜力与现实
A father uses a provocative thought experiment to teach his son the difference between potential ...
The Fox and the Monkey | 狐狸与猴子
A fox and a monkey argue about their lineage. The monkey claims the monuments in a cemetery honor...
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