Thumbelina | 拇指姑娘
Thumbelina, a tiny girl born from a flower, escapes an unwanted marriage to a toad and endures ma...
My Family | 我的家庭
The author describes their warm and humorous family, focusing on a forgetful but diligent mother ...
Suddenly | 突然之间
A lawyer who died at 45 is told at Heaven's gate that he is actually 82, based on the total hours...
The Fox and the Grapes | 狐狸与葡萄
A hungry fox, unable to reach the grapes she desires, dismisses them as sour to cope with her fai...
Band Stand | 乐队指挥台
This is a classic English pun that plays on the double meaning of "bandstand" (a platform for a b...
Aping a Beauty | 东施效颦
An unattractive girl blindly imitates the frowning pose of the beautiful Xi Shi, unaware of the c...
Three Good Friends | 三个好朋友
The story begins with a monkey. | 故事从一只猴子开始。
Traps Behind the Leaves | 叶后的陷阱
This fable from *Chuang-Tzu* depicts a chain of predation: a cicada is stalked by a mantis, which...
Gray Hair and Naughty Boys | 白发与顽童
A father humorously attributes his gray hair to his son's mischief, only for the child to naively...
The Fox and the Geese | 狐狸与鹅群
A fox threatens to eat a flock of geese. The clever geese ask for a final prayer, then all begin ...
The Millet Dream | 一枕黄粱
A Tang Dynasty scholar's brief nap, induced by a magical pillow, encompasses a lifetime of glory,...
The Fox and the Cock | 狐狸与公鸡
A cunning fox tries to trick a cock into becoming his meal by asking it to sing, but the clever c...
Fans Mourn Anita Mui on Death Anniversary | 歌迷纪念梅艳芳逝世周年
About 7,000 fans and local stars gathered for a concert marking the first anniversary of pop diva...
The Pearl in the Flesh | 剜股藏珠
A seaman hides a precious pearl in a self-inflicted thigh wound to save his ship from a storm, bu...
Grinding an Iron Rod into a Needle | 铁棒成针
The story recounts how the young Li Bai was inspired by an old woman's perseverance in grinding a...
Just Lost Two Dollars | 只输了两美元
A man loses all his money at a casino in four days, then miraculously turns his last two dollars ...
Ying Ning with a Plum Blossom | 婴宁拈梅
A young scholar, Wang Zifu, falls in love at first sight with a mysterious girl holding a plum bl...
The Unused Gourd | 不材之药
Hui Zi destroys a giant gourd he finds useless. Zhuang Zi, through a parable about a chilblain sa...
Three Metaphors for Learning | 人生三喻
King Ping Gong laments it's too late to learn at seventy. His minister Shi Kuang uses three metap...
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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