Lord Ye's Love of Dragons | 叶公好龙

Lord Ye, famed for his obsession with dragon imagery, is terrified when a real dragon visits him,...

A Rose from Homer's Grave | 荷马墓上的一朵玫瑰

A rose growing on Homer's grave, believing itself too sacred for a common nightingale, dreams of ...

Praying for Your Enemies | 为你的敌人祈祷

A blind student placed in a class with troubled peers initially feels shock and dread. Inspired b...

Making Love to a Ghost | 与幽灵共枕

A professor's survey on supernatural encounters takes an unexpected turn when a student misunders...

Prince Llewelyn and His Dog Gelert | 卢埃林王子与他的狗吉勒特

A Welsh prince mistakenly kills his loyal dog Gelert, believing it harmed his infant son, only to...

My Declaration of Self-Esteem | 自尊宣言

This is a powerful affirmation of self-acceptance and personal ownership. It declares that one's ...

Buying Bones with a Thousand Gold | 千金买骨

A king, desperate for a legendary steed, is convinced by a guard to buy the bones of a dead one a...

Palm Sunday | 棕枝主日

A boy misses church on Palm Sunday and is upset to learn he missed Jesus' symbolic arrival. | 一个男...

Beat the Grass and Startle the Snake | 打草惊蛇

The idiom 'Beat the grass and startle the snake' originates from a story about a corrupt magistra...

The Man Who Feared the Sky Would Fall | 杞人忧天

A man from Qi was consumed by irrational fears that the sky would fall and the earth would sink. ...

The Doorway Effect | 门口效应

The Doorway Effect describes the common experience of forgetting a task or thought immediately af...

The Quarrel of the Charms | 符艾相争

A peachwood charm and a mugwort figure, both hung on a door, argue bitterly over their positions....

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...

The Healing Touch | 治愈之触

A breast cancer patient, fearful and disconnected from her post-surgery body, receives profound h...

The Rain-Bringing Dragons | 布雨之龙

Four compassionate dragons defy the indifferent Jade Emperor to end a devastating drought by brin...

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...

Three Heroes Battle Lv Bu | 三英战吕布

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the coalition against Dong Zhuo faced his champion Lv Bu at Hulao...

Plant a Row for the Hungry | 为饥饿者种一行菜

The author recounts a moment of refusing a homeless man's plea for food, which led to lasting gui...

The Shy Turtle | 害羞的乌龟

A shy turtle named Tilly always hides in her shell, missing chances for friendship. With the pers...

Why Is He Howling? | 他为何嚎叫?

A patient howls at the dentist not because of dental pain, but because the dentist is accidentall...