True Love | 真爱
The narrator contrasts a friend's passionate new love with her own enduring 20-year marriage. She...
Two Pounds of Plums | 两磅李子
A mother complains about receiving less plums than ordered, and the shopkeeper humorously suggest...
Wordplay Wonders | 谐音妙趣
A playful poem using homophones and near-homophones to create humorous and educational wordplay, ...
Encountering Feng Sanniang | 邂逅封三娘
A gentle maiden meets a mysterious fox fairy who helps her find love, overcome a forced marriage ...
The Clever Rabbit | 聪明的兔子
A wolf and a fox plot to catch a clever rabbit by pretending the fox is dead. The rabbit, suspici...
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...
True or False | 真心还是假意
A young businessman tests his girlfriend's loyalty by asking if she would marry him if he went ba...
Xu You Declines the Throne | 许由避位
Emperor Yao offers his throne to the virtuous Xu You, who refuses and goes into hiding. The story...
Taming the Tiger | 役虎
Huang Gong, envious of An Qisheng's ability to command a tiger with a sword, steals the weapon be...
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...
Happiness | 幸福
A man overwhelmed by his crowded home seeks a master's help. The master instructs him to bring al...
Alone in the House | 独自在家
A young woman is left alone in her grandfather's centuries-old London home. Over two terrifying n...
Donkeyskin | 驴皮公主
A princess, to escape her father's unwanted marriage proposal, dons a donkey skin and flees. Work...
The Lucky Customer | 幸运的顾客
A new supermarket's weekly prize of free shopping fuels the hopes of housewives, especially the p...
The Soft Drink Salesman | 软饮料销售员
A new cola salesman is told his easy job is to visit ten female buyers daily and "knock" the comp...
A Mother's Touch | 一位“妈妈”的“抚触”
Michael wakes to a strange stillness and sees a blurred figure of his mother, only to be confront...
Guaranteed Visits | 有保证的探望
A Brooklyn woman's final wish to have her ashes scattered over Bloomingdales is a clever ploy to ...
How Do I Get the Gum Out? | 怎么把口香糖取出来呢
A stewardess distributes gum to prevent ear-popping, but a passenger misunderstands and asks how ...
A Shilling | 一枚先令
Three old men witness a shilling fall from a yacht owner's pocket. Paralyzed by mutual greed and ...
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