True Love | 真爱
The narrator contrasts a friend's passionate new love with her own enduring 20-year marriage. She...
The Old Couple's Quarrel | 老夫妻的争吵
A quarrelsome old man, after losing a case before a magistrate, threatens to escalate his legal b...
The Most Wanted Autograph | 最想要的签名
A university newspaper's question about the most desired autograph yielded predictable answers ab...
Happiness | 幸福
A man overwhelmed by his crowded home seeks a master's help. The master instructs him to bring al...
The Philosophical Mouse | 哲学老鼠
A philosophical mouse praises nature for protecting mice, believing bats can restore their race i...
Mother Teresa in Heaven | 天堂里的特蕾莎修女
A humorous tale where Mother Teresa, after a life of piety, finds heaven's meals surprisingly sim...
The Last Tape | 最后的录音带
A nurse finds perspective through caring for Rebekah, a young mother dying of cancer, who records...
Practice Makes Perfect | 熟能生巧
A skilled archer becomes complacent after a successful practice, only to be humbled by an old oil...
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 Willful Child | 任性的孩子
A willful child, punished by God with a fatal illness, continues to defy even after death until h...
Lifelong Ambition | 毕生愿望
A school teacher, hoping for a quick resolution to her traffic ticket, finds the judge assigning ...
Bad Blonde Day | 金发女郎的糟糕一天
A short joke that humorously depicts a blonde woman's disoriented state on a bad day through a mi...
A Moment of Courage | 生命的勇气
A man tells St. Peter about his recent act of bravery against bikers to save a woman, revealing i...
But It's in English, Mommy! | 妈妈，比赛是用英语讲的！
A multilingual four-year-old tries to convince his non-rugby-fan mother to attend a game by point...
The Doctor Knows Better | 医生懂得更多
A man injured in an accident insists he is alive, but his wife trusts the doctor's grim diagnosis...
The English Channel Breast Stroke Competition | 英吉利海峡蛙泳比赛
Three women compete in a breaststroke race across the English Channel. The blonde arrives last an...
Alligator Shoes | 鳄鱼皮鞋
A woman determined to get cheap alligator shoes decides to hunt her own alligator, only to comica...
Alfred Nobel: A Man of Contrasts | 阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔：一个充满矛盾的人
Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prizes, was a paradoxical...
Two Pounds of Plums | 两磅李子
A mother complains about receiving less plums than ordered, and the shopkeeper humorously suggest...
Auto Parts Inquiry | 汽车配件问询
A truck driver seeking auto parts is ironically directed to a ravine below a dangerous curve by a...
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