The Emperor's New Clothes | 皇帝的新衣
A vain Emperor is tricked by two swindlers who claim to weave a magical cloth invisible to the un...
Fishing the Moon from the Well | 井中捞月
Five hundred macaques mistake the moon's reflection in a well for the real moon and attempt to re...
Henry Ford and the Assembly Line | 亨利·福特与流水线
The article explores Henry Ford's revolutionary introduction of the assembly line, inspired by sl...
The Ugly Girl Imitates the Frown | 丑女效颦
An ugly girl blindly imitates the frowning expression of the beautiful Xi Shi, not realizing that...
The Archer's Mind | 射箭者的心境
A boastful young archer challenges a Zen master. While the youth excels in technique on stable gr...
The Carabao and the Shell | 水牛与贝壳
A proud carabao challenges a shell to a race. Tricked by many identical shells answering his call...
The Ouija Board Incident | 通灵板惊魂
A group of friends' casual experimentation with a found Ouija board escalates into a terrifying s...
Building the Third Storey Without the First Two | 不建一二层，只要第三层
A foolish rich man, envious of a three-storeyed house, demands a carpenter build only the top flo...
The Storytelling Stone | 会讲故事的石头
An orphaned Seneca hunter named Crow discovers a sentient stone in the forest. In exchange for hi...
William's Wife | 威廉的妻子
A humorous anecdote about a mix-up at a garden centre due to two employees sharing the name Willi...
The Ass and the Dog | 驴和狗
A traveling ass finds and reads a document full of fodder it enjoys, boring its companion dog, wh...
Sun Shan, the Last on the List | 名落孙山
This story explains the origin of the Chinese idiom "名落孙山," which describes exam or competition f...
The Heaven of Thirty-Three | 三十三重天
King Sakka tricks the Asuras out of their heaven, leading to war and his defeat. Fleeing through ...
Roddy Doyle | 罗迪·道尔
Roddy Doyle is an acclaimed Irish author, born in Dublin in 1958. After a 14-year teaching career...
Beating the Neighbor's Son | 打邻家的儿子
A father who frequently beats his son is joined by a neighbor, who also beats the boy, claiming t...
Not a Good Staff | 不是个好员工
The narrator befriends two boys, Edward and Sam, and poses them two riddles. The boys' unexpected...
Isaac Newton and the Path to Universal Laws | 艾萨克·牛顿与通往宇宙定律之路
This article traces Isaac Newton's foundational work on motion and gravity. It contextualizes his...
Fossett Makes History | 福塞特创造历史：完成首次单人无间断环球飞行
American adventurer Steve Fossett successfully completed the world's first solo, nonstop, unrefue...
The Fox and the Wolf | 狐狸与狼
A boastful wolf, underestimating man's strength, is tricked by a fox into attacking an armed hunt...
The Lion and the Wolf | 狮子与狼
A young puppy steals meat from a lion with impunity, leading a wolf to mistakenly believe the lio...
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