Love I Let Go | 我曾放手之爱

A first-person narrative about a meaningful but lost teenage romance, highlighting how insecurity...

Foundling Bird | 弃儿鸟

A forester rescues a baby boy, Fundevogel, raised by a bird and raises him with his daughter Lina...

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 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...

The First-Day Holdup | 第一天的劫案

On his first day at a bank, Nick faces an armed robbery. Thinking quickly, he pretends to comply ...

Cao Shang's Chariots | 曹商得车

Cao Shang boasts to Zhuang Zi about gaining wealth through flattery, but Zhuang Zi retorts that s...

A Lincoln-esque Love Life | 林肯式爱情生活

A man dressed as Abraham Lincoln explains his costume represents his love life, humorously implyi...

The Chili Lesson | 辣椒的教训

A story about a man who stubbornly eats painful chilies because he paid for them, illustrating th...

The Owl | 猫头鹰

A horned owl accidentally trapped in a barn causes mass panic in a town centuries ago. Despite be...

The Moon and the Lie | 月亮与谎言

A boy is tormented by guilt after telling a lie, feeling as if the moon is watching and judging h...

Two Prayers | 两个祈祷者

Two shipwreck survivors pray on opposite sides of an island. One receives everything he asks for,...

The Lame Man and the Blind Man | 跛子与盲人

A blind man and a lame man overcome their individual limitations by combining their strengths—str...

Bill, Bingo and Bram 2 | 比尔、宾果和布拉姆 2

The narrator contrasts his own family's focus on television with his neighbor Bill's preference f...

The Tinder-Box | 打火匣

A returning soldier obtains a magical tinder-box from a witch, which grants him wealth and the po...

Cynicism and Dog Idioms | 犬儒主义与狗的习语

This article explores the etymology of "cynicism" from ancient Greek philosophers who lived "like...

Huang Gong's Excessive Modesty | 黄公好谦卑

A story about Huang Gong, whose excessive modesty led him to falsely claim his beautiful daughter...

Zi Qin's Art of Bell Rack Making | 梓庆为鐻

A master carpenter describes his meditative preparation process to achieve harmony between his mi...

Everything is Ready Except the East Wind | 万事俱备,只欠东风

This article recounts the historical tale of the Battle of Red Cliffs, where the allied forces of...

A Lesson in Tantrums | 当女儿发脾气

The narrator recalls a childhood lesson where her mother, instead of spanking, mirrored her publi...

Ellen the Eagle Needs Glasses | 老鹰艾伦需要眼镜

Ellen the eagle's poor eyesight leads her to mistakenly bring a lawn chair instead of prey to her...