Powell Wows Diplomats With Song | 鲍威尔一展歌喉 技惊外交官
At the 2002 Asia-Pacific security meeting, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell surprised fellow ...
Writer's in Prison | 狱中作家
A writing teacher conducts a monologue workshop in a crowded prison. A deeply withdrawn inmate, t...
The Man with a Thousand Coins | 腰缠千钱
A skilled swimmer drowns because he refuses to discard a heavy belt of copper coins while escapin...
Surgeons' Coffee Break | 外科医生的咖啡闲谈
Four surgeons humorously compare the ease of operating on different professionals based on stereo...
Timmy's Wish | 蒂米的愿望
A teacher in Hawaii uses ancient visualization techniques to comfort a young student, Timmy, afte...
The Love Potion | 爱情神药
A young man, Alan Austen, visits an old man who sells peculiar potions, seeking an affordable lov...
The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs | 魔鬼的三根金发
A boy born under a lucky prophecy is targeted by a jealous king but survives multiple assassinati...
The Tree and the Goose | 山木与雁
Zhuangzi uses the paradox of a useless tree surviving and a useless goose being killed to illustr...
Showing Off Axe Skills Before Lu Ban | 班门弄斧
This idiom, derived from the legend of master carpenter Lu Ban, criticizes the folly of displayin...
The Mysterious Letter | 神秘来信
A wife confronts her husband about a mysterious perfumed letter that visibly distressed him. Afte...
The Pig and the Sheep | 猪与绵羊
A pig's loud protest when captured highlights the difference between being sheared for wool and b...
Abraham Lincoln: The Boy Who Read by Firelight | 亚伯拉罕·林肯：在炉火旁阅读的少年
The passage depicts young Abraham Lincoln's relentless pursuit of knowledge under impoverished co...
Adding Feet to a Snake | 画蛇添足
This fable tells of a servant who lost a wine-drawing contest by adding unnecessary feet to his s...
The Fox and the Crow | 狐狸与乌鸦
A fox uses flattery to trick a crow into dropping her meat, then remarks on her lack of wisdom. |...
Five Mistakes I Made in My Marriage | 我在婚姻中犯的五个错误
The author reflects on her marriage as part of a happiness project, identifying five common pitfa...
The Cat and the Birds | 猫与鸟
A cat disguises itself as a doctor to visit sick birds, but the birds see through the deception a...
The Riverbank Feast | 江东赴会
A treacherous banquet invitation from the jealous Wu strategist Zhou Yu to Shu's Liu Bei turns in...
The Wise Servant | 聪明的仆人
A story about a servant who ignores his master's order to find a lost cow, instead chasing blackb...
Queen Victoria's Secret Bond with Her Manservant | 维多利亚女王与男仆的秘密情谊
A newly discovered letter from Queen Victoria reveals her profound grief over the death of her Hi...
The Dog and the Hare | 猎犬与野兔
A hare questions a hound's contradictory behavior of attacking and fawning, highlighting that a t...
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