Strange Names | 奇怪的名字
A father's peculiar choice of names for his sons—"Thief" and "Hit"—leads to a disastrous misunder...
The Riddle | 谜语
A prince and his servant survive a witch's poison, which indirectly kills twelve murderers. The p...
The Bird Grip | 神鸟格里普
A blind king's three sons seek the magical bird Grip to restore his sight. The two eldest fail du...
The Hound and the Fox | 猎狗与狐狸
A hound foolishly chases a lion, only to flee in terror when the lion roars, earning the mockery ...
The Elves and the Shoemaker | 精灵与鞋匠
A poor but pious shoemaker receives magical nightly help from two elves, who craft exquisite shoe...
The Golden Key | 金钥匙
A poor boy finds a tiny golden key in the snow while gathering wood. He discovers a hidden iron c...
The Clever Lamb | 聪明的小羊羔
A clever lamb tricks a hungry wolf by promising a future meal, then safely outsmarts it from the ...
Jeffery the Giant | 巨人杰弗里
A kind giant named Jeffery feels left out because he's too big for his friends' games. He meets a...
King Frost | 霜王的故事
A kind step-daughter, cast out by her cruel step-mother, meets King Frost in the frozen fields. H...
My Secret Life as a Fairy | 我的精灵秘密生活
Pixie, a green fairy, shares her secret life, her magical abilities to help friends, and the diff...
The Dolphins and the Whales | 海豚与鲸
A sprat attempts to mediate a fierce and ongoing battle between dolphins and whales, but its offe...
A Good Start | 良好的开端
A classic joke that uses a play on words to deliver a humorous punchline about lawyers. | 一个经典的英文...
All Lawyers Are Assholes! | 所有律师都是混蛋！
A joke about a bar patron who objects to a sweeping insult against lawyers, not because he is a l...
Half the Council Are Crooks? | 市议会一半是骗子？
A newspaper editor, under legal pressure, retracted a bold claim that half the council were crook...
The Lawyer's Son | 律师的儿子
A lawyer's son, fresh out of law school, proudly solves a long-pending case on his first day, onl...
The American Dream | 美国梦
An anecdote where Italian lawyers, upon learning about lucrative lawsuits for sidewalk falls in t...
A Lawyer and an Honest Man | 律师与诚实的人
A little girl misunderstands a tombstone inscription that reads "Here lies a lawyer and an honest...
A Southern Slip | 南方口误
A Southern gentleman's request for a "piece of ass" in a bar is misinterpreted by a waitress as a...
The Painted Vase | 被粉刷的花瓶
A painter solves an impossible color-matching task by cleverly altering the original vase, not th...
To Borrow an Ox | 借公牛一用
An illiterate rich man, upon receiving a written request to borrow an ox, pretends to read the no...
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