The Gift of Ears | 是谁给了我耳朵？
A boy is born without outer ears but with perfect hearing. After enduring childhood taunts, he re...
Unbearable | 忍无可忍
A traveler is horrified to find a bedbug inspecting the hotel register as he tries to check in, l...
The Smartest Dog | 最聪明的狗
A man is astonished to see his friend playing chess with a dog, hailing it as the smartest dog he...
Boyfriend Upgrade | 男友升级
A humorous tech-support-style letter compares a boyfriend-to-husband transition to a problematic ...
The Four Friends | 四个好朋友
Four Brahmin friends flee famine. Three scholars use their knowledge to reconstruct a lion from b...
Trying to Stop It | 我要把它堵在里面
A boy literally interprets his teacher's idiom about not listening, stuffing cotton in his ear to...
Drunken Tao | 醉陶
A tale from *Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio* about Ma Zicai, a chrysanthemum enthusiast, who b...
The Redneck Oil Change Checklist | 红脖子式换油清单
A humorous, step-by-step narrative detailing a disastrous and beer-fueled DIY oil change that lea...
Buccaneers | 海盗的双关语
A young girl named Mary cleverly plays on the double meaning of "buccaneers" in a Halloween costu...
The Latecomers Surpass the Old-timers | 后来者居上
This story recounts how the idiom 'the latecomers surpass the old-timers' originated from Ji An's...
Two Physicians | 两位医生
An old man secretly consults two physicians who prescribe conflicting treatments. When they disco...
Courtroom Confession | 法庭证言
A prosecuting attorney's attempt to establish rapport with an elderly witness backfires spectacul...
The Courage to Rise Again | 重新站起的勇气
A father, troubled by his son's perceived lack of courage, entrusts him to a monk for training. A...
The First Date | 首次约会
A young man asks a girl if it's her first date, to which she emphatically agrees and questions wh...
The Rejuvenation Pill | 返老还童药片
Mrs. Daly receives rejuvenation pills from her son. Months later, she appears young and beautiful...
The Three Fishermen <5> | 三个渔夫 <5>
The narrator and his brother are back at the Pine River, immersed in nature's sounds. They meet a...
Kotura, Lord of the Winds | 风之主科图拉
A father sends his three daughters to appease Kotura, the wind lord, during a deadly blizzard. Th...
The Platypus's Prank | 鸭嘴兽的恶作剧
A tale explaining the platypus's unique appearance. Because he missed Mother Earth's call to give...
The Plum Dies for the Peach | 李代桃僵
This idiom, derived from a folk song, uses the metaphor of a plum tree sacrificing itself for a p...
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...
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