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...

The Gambler's Loss | 赌徒的损失

A gambler humorously explains his loss of a $1000 bill by claiming it "gave birth" to two $10 bil...

An Inadequate Fee | 不足的酬劳

A fable about an ox who, seeking help from a "Political Pull" to escape a mire, ends up losing ev...

The Extra Charge | 额外收费

A dentist explains an unusually high charge for a tooth extraction by stating the patient's loud ...

The Advantage of Noise | 噪音的优点

The seller honestly disclosed his car's vibration issue at high speeds, expecting the buyer to wi...

The Mirror of Self-Knowledge | 自知之明

The ancient minister Zou Ji questions why his wife, concubine, and guest all claim he is more han...

The Elephant Seeks a Friend | 大象找朋友

A lonely elephant is repeatedly rejected by smaller animals for being too big. When a tiger threa...

Fitcher's Bird | 菲切尔的鸟

A cunning wizard captures sisters, but the youngest outsmarts him by resurrecting the others, orc...

Rope or Ox? | 绳子还是公牛?

A man in jail explains his misfortune: he picked up what he thought was a discarded rope, only to...

Zhou Chu Eliminates the Evils | 周处除害

The story recounts how Zhou Chu, once a local menace, realizes his own harmful nature after slayi...

A Surprise Party | 惊喜派对

A boy reluctantly attends a surprise party for someone he doesn't know, only for the birthday boy...

The Bittern and the Hoopoe | 麻鹬与戴胜鸟

A shepherd explains the importance of balance through a fable. The Bittern's cows grew wild on ri...

My Friends Only Came to Say Goodbye | 朋友只是来送行

Three professors miss their train while chatting. Two board in time, but the one who needed to ca...

Excess Billing Hours | 超额计费工时

A lawyer receives VIP treatment in heaven because St. Peter calculates his billed hours to equate...

Forever Love | 永恒之爱

A story of unrequited devotion where a girl's promise of eternal love endures despite betrayal an...

A Slingshot Is a Slingshot | “弹”就是“弹”

Hui Zi defends his use of metaphors by demonstrating that explaining an unknown concept (a slings...

Discovery | 发现

True discovery is an internal transformation of the observer, not merely finding the hidden. Comf...

An Apple a Day... | 一日一苹果……

A woman's self-perception clashes humorously with the nurse's measurements during her physical, l...

Big Hands | 大手

A teacher poses a hypothetical math question about oranges, but the student gives a literal and h...

Leaping from the Furnace | 跳出八卦炉

The Monkey King, captured after causing chaos in Heaven, proves invulnerable to execution. Thrown...