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...
Koobor the Koala and Water | 考拉库伯与水
Koobor the orphaned koala-boy, mistreated and denied water by his relatives, transforms into the ...
A Horrible Summer Night | 夏夜惊魂
A man buried alive rationalizes his state as severe illness. On the same stormy night, grave robb...
The Sunday Dishes | 周日的碗碟
A boy recounts the Sunday ritual of his father doing the dishes in an apron, until one day the re...
Where Does Rice Come From? | 大米从何而来？
A rich man's overconfidence in his sons' intelligence is challenged when they give absurd answers...
The Wishful Pig | 许愿的小猪
A little pig's wish to have features of other animals leads to him being unrecognized by his pare...
Fish Cheeks | 鱼颊
A teenage girl is mortified when her Chinese family hosts a traditional Christmas Eve dinner for ...
MaLiang and His Magical Brush | 神笔马良
A poor boy named MaLiang receives a magical brush from an old man in his dream. He uses it to hel...
The Folly of the Chu Army | 楚人涉澭
The Chu army failed a night attack by rigidly following outdated river markers after the water ro...
Ajax the Great | 巨人埃杰克斯
Ajax the Great was a mighty but simple-minded Greek hero in the Trojan War. After losing the cont...
Mother's Hands | 母亲的手
The narrator prepares a salad while observing her aging mother's forgetfulness. Through the simpl...
The Mountain and the Mouse | 山与鼠
A mountain's dramatic "labour" draws a large crowd, but only a tiny mouse emerges, to the crowd's...
The Bat and the Weasel | 蝙蝠与黄鼠狼
A bat escapes death twice by cleverly changing its identity to suit the prejudices of two differe...
Against the Fashion | 不合时尚
A skilled shoemaker and weaver from Lu plan to move to Yue, but are warned that their products wi...
The Agitated Mountain | 大山异动
A mountain's alarming tremors draw a fearful crowd, only for a mouse to emerge, illustrating the ...
Two Peasants | 两个农夫
Two peasants, each in a hurry to go in opposite directions, argue stubbornly when their sledges g...
The Bear and the Fox | 熊与狐狸
A bear and a fox jointly buy butter for Christmas. The fox repeatedly sneaks away to eat it, inve...
My Cat-Sitting Ordeal | 我的猫保姆磨难记
The author recounts a disastrous attempt to cat-sit for a friend, involving a finicky cat that re...
The Lost Axe | 丢失斧头的人
A man's misplaced suspicion makes his neighbor's son appear guilty; finding the lost item restore...
The Bloody Forehead | 血染的额头
An elderly man falls and is injured in an airport rush. While others ignore him, passenger Dana i...
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