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...
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