The Thief and His Mother | 小偷与母亲
A condemned thief bites his mother's ear, blaming her permissive attitude towards his childhood t...
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...
The Clown Statue | 小丑雕像
A babysitter, unnerved by a clown statue in the parents' bedroom, calls to ask if she can cover i...
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 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 Hare's Bride | 野兔的新娘
A girl is taken by a persistent hare to be his bride but escapes by using a straw doll as a decoy...
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...
The Unwilling Ghost | 不愿离去的幽灵
A hospital employee encounters an apparition on a converted administrative floor, an experience c...
Callisto | 卡利斯托
The myth of Callisto, a nymph transformed into a bear by the jealous Hera, and her eventual reuni...
The Third Chicken | 第三只鸡
A university-educated son tries to use logic to prove two chickens are three, but his clever fath...
Day After Day | 日复一日
A teacher, absorbed in the text, repeatedly calls on the same student without realizing it. The s...
My Korean Name | 我的韩文名字
A boy in New York initially fears his Korean grandfather due to the language barrier and cultural...
The Trees and the Ax | 树与斧
A woodman's modest request for an ax handle leads the trees to sacrifice a humble neighbor, only ...
The Value of a Second Language | 第二语言的价值
A mother mouse uses a dog's bark to scare away a cat, then explains to her children the practical...
Three Dog Night | 三犬之夜
Three male dogs compete for a poodle's attention by trying to craft a clever sentence with "liver...
The Way of Archery | 射箭之道
A master uses a story about a king overwhelmed by too many targets and an archer's focus on a sin...
A Father's Request for Praise | 老爸求赞美
A tired father playfully asks his 5-year-old daughter for praise to regain energy. The clever dau...
Two Roaches | 两只蟑螂
Two roaches are eating garbage when one describes the extreme cleanliness of a new restaurant, mu...
The Phoenix | 凤凰
The legendary Phoenix reappears after ages, stunning all animals with its beauty. Yet, the wisest...
The Precocious Boy | 早慧的男孩
A precocious boy borrows a parenting book to evaluate his own upbringing, amusingly surprising hi...
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