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...
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