A Wolf Story | 狼的故事
A farmer's kindness to a wounded wolf is repaid when the magical creature helps him recover lost ...
Against the Fashion | 不合时尚
A skilled shoemaker and weaver from Lu plan to move to Yue, but are warned that their products wi...
Plugging One's Ears While Stealing a Bell | 掩耳盗铃
A thief, attempting to steal a large bell, tries to muffle its sound by plugging his own ears, fo...
The Spaghetti Postcard | 意大利面条明信片
A doctor arranges for his pregnant mistress to have their baby in Italy, asking her to send a pos...
Three Borrowings of the Plantain Fan | 三借芭蕉扇
Monkey must borrow a magic fan from a hostile princess to cross the Fiery Mountains, leading to a...
What's Wrong with Your Horse? | 你的马有什么毛病吗？
A man's ad to sell his dead horse's gear is misprinted to include the horse itself for a shocking...
The Helmet | 头盔
A young man, knowing the motorcycle's brakes have failed, quietly gives his helmet to his girlfri...
Love and a Broken Arm | 爱与断臂
A single mother helps her young daughter overcome the fear of riding a bike again after a past ac...
Mr. Brown's Car | 布朗先生的汽车
Mr. Brown humorously explains to a neighbor that his new car only truly "belongs" to him when it ...
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. ...
Encounter with Feng Sanniang | 邂逅封三娘
A gentle maiden, Lady Fan, befriends the mysterious Lady Feng. With Feng's aid, she finds love wi...
The Bird Startled by the Bowstring | 惊弓之鸟
The story recounts how the archer Geng Ying used only the sound of his bowstring to bring down a ...
The Wolf and the Horse | 狼与马
A wolf pretends to reserve a field of oats for a horse, but the horse sees through the deception,...
The Parrot's Betrothal | 鹦鹉许婚
A parrot, once kept by Old Man Gan, returns as a beautiful woman named A'ying to honor a childhoo...
Burn the Boats | 破釜沉舟
This passage recounts the historical origin of the Chinese idiom "Burn the Boats," describing how...
Lord Ye's Love of Dragons | 叶公好龙
Lord Ye, famed for his love of dragon decorations, is terrified when a real dragon visits him, re...
The Happy Prince (Part 4) | 快乐王子（第四部分）
The Swallow, loyal to the end, helps the Prince give away his last gold leaf to the poor before s...
The Jackdaw and The Pigeons | 寒鸦与鸽子
A jackdaw disguises himself as a pigeon to get better food but is exposed and rejected by both gr...
Two English Jokes | 英语小幽默两则
Two short humorous dialogues. The first involves a logical paradox about an all-purpose solvent, ...
Riddles (Part 1) | 脑筋急转弯（1）
A collection of 25 English riddles and puns that play with words, homophones, and double meanings...
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