The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Might | 狐假虎威
A fox escapes being eaten by a tiger by pretending to be Heaven's envoy, tricking the tiger into ...
Devil's Island | 魔鬼岛
Devil's Island, off Nova Scotia, has a history of settlement and paranormal lore, including ghost...
The Crow and the Hen | 乌鸦与母鸡
A hen, vigilant against birds of prey, mistakenly trusts a seemingly friendly crow, which then st...
The Mouse Father's Quest | 老鼠嫁女
A mouse father searches for the greatest being to marry his daughter to, asking the sun, cloud, w...
A Shilling | 一枚先令
Three old men witness a shilling fall from a yacht owner's pocket. Paralyzed by mutual greed and ...
The Naughty Boy | 顽皮的孩子
A kind old poet shelters a beautiful, shivering boy from a storm, only to discover the child is C...
High Mountains and Flowing Waters | 高山流水
This story recounts how the ancient musician Yu Boya, after achieving technical mastery, found tr...
The Dog and His Shadow | 狗和他的影子
A greedy dog, carrying stolen meat, mistakes his own reflection in the water for another dog with...
The Ants and the Colossal Turtle | 群蚁观鳌
A swarm of ants journeys to see a legendary turtle carrying a mountain, but after a long wait and...
The Girl Who Taught the World to Weave | 教世界编织的女孩
A myth about Hambrumai, the girl chosen by a god to learn weaving from nature's patterns. After h...
Doctor Knowall | 无所不知的医生
A poor peasant, Crabb, impersonates a doctor through clever tricks. When hired to find a lord's s...
The Haunted Pub | 闹鬼的酒吧
A bartender recounts his eerie experiences living above a pub, where initially comforting ghostly...
Winston Churchill: His Other Life | 温斯顿·丘吉尔：生活的另一面
This article, written by Churchill's child, reveals how the statesman discovered painting as a pr...
The Flying Squirrel's Five Skills | 鼯鼠五会
A flying squirrel boasts about having five skills, but its friends point out that it has mastered...
Historian Seeks Napoleon DNA Test | 历史学家寻求拿破仑DNA测试
A French historian, Bruno Roy-Henry, is challenging the French government to allow a DNA test on ...
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...
Strike While the Iron is Hot | 一鼓作气
This story explains the idiom "一鼓作气" through a historical battle where waiting for the enemy's sp...
The Farmer and the Donkey | 农夫与驴
A donkey trapped in a well shakes off each shovelful of dirt meant to bury it, using it as a step...
The Stolen Farthings | 被偷藏的半便士
A ghostly child returns daily at noon to search for two stolen farthings it hid before death, fin...
Going Home | 回家
A group of young people on a bus trip to Florida notice a silent, withdrawn man named Vingo. He r...
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