The Crab and His Son | 螃蟹与他的儿子
A logical crab criticizes his son's sideways walk, but when the son points out the father's own i...
A Gift for the Lover | 给爱人的礼物
A tale of a bygone era where lovers literally gave parts of themselves as tokens, with greater sa...
The Unhappy Fish | 不快乐的鱼
A big fish in a small pond dreams of a grander river life but finds loneliness and discomfort the...
Half or Five Tenths? | 半个还是十分之五？
A teacher asks a student to choose between "half" and "five tenths" of an orange. The student hum...
For the Record | 记录在案
A widower struggles with the daily deluge of school paperwork for his five children. While review...
The Golden Plate | 金盘子
Two merchants in Seri find a poor family's sooty plate is solid gold. The greedy one lies to get ...
The Peasant and the Devil | 农夫与魔鬼
A cunning peasant outwits the Devil twice through clever wordplay about crop division, first keep...
The Clever Fish | 聪明的鱼
A cat is tricked by a fish who promises bread in exchange for a pen, then refuses to deliver, rev...
Cao Cao Spared at Huarong | 义放曹操
After his defeat at Red Cliffs, a retreating Cao Cao is ambushed by Guan Yu at Huarong Road. Remi...
The Big Oven | 大火炉
A man wastes all his resources trying to heat a faulty oven, ignoring sensible advice to fix it, ...
Chiseling Away the Pain | 凿壁移痛
A man, tormented by a foot sore, believes he can transfer his pain to a neighbor by sticking his ...
The Shoemaker's Adventure | 鞋匠奇遇
A kind shoemaker helps ants and bees on his journey. Later, when he attempts to rescue a princess...
The Boss Parrot | 老板鹦鹉
A customer inquires about three parrots with vastly different prices. The most expensive one, who...
Hans the Hedgehog | 刺猬汉斯
A farmer's son, born half-hedgehog, is rejected by his family. He leaves home, grows a herd in th...
The First Examination | 初次检查
A woman undresses for a doctor's visit, only to discover a humorous misunderstanding about the ty...
The Crucian Carp's Plea | 鲫鱼求救
Zhuang Zhou, in need, is offered delayed help by an official. He responds with a parable about a ...
Kangaroos and the Cage | 袋鼠与笼子
Zookeepers repeatedly raise a cage's height to contain escaping kangaroos, only to realize the tr...
Good Points and Bad Points | 优缺点
A real estate agent honestly discloses a house's proximity to a chemical plant and a slaughterhou...
The Pumpkin Carvers | 雕刻南瓜的人
An aging couple, Clark and the much younger Allison, share a poignant evening carving pumpkins. T...
The Haunting | 沉溺之爱
A couple buys cheap land with a dark past. Research reveals a tragic 1942 love story between two ...
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