Three Recruits | 三位新兵
Three citizens complain about supporting a non-productive army. After its disbandment leads to ec...
The Mermaid of Zennor | 赞诺尔的美人鱼
In the Cornish village of Zennor, a mermaid named Morveren is enchanted by the beautiful singing ...
The Bald Fool and the Pears | 以梨击头的愚人
A bald fool endures being hit on the head with pears, blaming the attacker's foolishness for mist...
Jorinda and Joringel | 约琳德与约林格尔
A young couple, Jorinda and Joringel, venture too close to a witch's enchanted castle. The witch ...
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 Third Chicken | 第三只鸡
A university-educated son tries to use logic to prove two chickens are three, but his clever fath...
The Chu Man and the Boat | 楚人操舟
A Chu man, after learning basic boat steering in calm waters, overconfidently dismisses his teach...
Pelican Girl | 鹈鹕少女
Pelican Girl breaks a sacred custom during her coming-of-age, leading to her capture by a shaman....
The Scars of Love | 爱的印记
A mother's desperate struggle with an alligator saves her son, leaving physical scars that the bo...
The Bronze Rat | 铜鼠奇遇
A tourist buys a bronze rat from a Chinatown shop, ignoring the expensive story behind it. Once h...
The Frog and the Ox | 青蛙与牛
A young frog escapes an ox's foot and describes its immense size to its mother. The mother frog, ...
The White Duck | 白鸭
A queen is tricked by a witch, transformed into a white duck, and replaced in her palace. As a du...
The Peasant and the Devil | 农夫与魔鬼
A cunning peasant outwits the Devil twice through clever wordplay about crop division, first keep...
The Riddle | 谜语
A prince and his servant survive a witch's poison, which indirectly kills twelve murderers. The p...
The Smartest Dog | 最聪明的狗
Three professionals test their dogs' intelligence through impressive tasks. The architect's dog b...
Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly | 庄周梦蝶
Zhuang Zhou dreams he is a free-flying butterfly, then awakens confused about the boundary betwee...
Riddles (Part 1) | 脑筋急转弯（1）
A collection of 25 English riddles and puns that play with words, homophones, and double meanings...
The Man Who Choked | 因噎废食
A man who ate ravenously choked to death on a fishbone. In a misguided response, someone banned e...
The Gullible Gorillas | 忘乎所以的猩猩
This fable tells of gorillas who, despite recognizing a human trap involving wine and straw sanda...
Fly High and Far | 远走高飞
A courtier, long overlooked by his ruler, uses the analogy of a commonplace rooster versus a dist...
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