The Kiwi's Sacrifice | 几维鸟的牺牲
A Maori legend tells how the Kiwi bird selflessly agreed to live on the dark forest floor to save...
The Twelve Brothers | 十二兄弟
A king vows to kill his twelve sons if his next child is a daughter. The brothers flee, swear ven...
The Flower Garden of the Woman Who Could Conjure | 会施法的女人的花园
Little Gerda, believing her friend Kay is dead, embarks on a river journey to find him. She is ta...
The Three Army-Surgeons | 三个军医
Three overconfident army-surgeons boast of their surgical skills by removing their own organs, re...
Do You Serve Lawyers | 您接待律师吗
A man brings an alligator into a bar and asks if lawyers are served, intending to get one for his...
The Good Bargain | 一桩好买卖
A foolish peasant misunderstands animal sounds, loses his money and goods through a series of com...
The Cheating Wife | 出轨的妻子
A successful private detective, Marcus Osborne, is secretly in love with a married woman, Christi...
Helping Lauren | 帮助劳伦
The narrator, missing her traditional family Christmas after a move, finds new meaning by helping...
Laozi's Inquiry | 老子问疾
Laozi visits the sage Shang Rong, who imparts wisdom through symbolic actions and a final metapho...
The Frog in the Shallow Well | 坎井之蛙
A frog from a shallow well boasts of its life to a sea turtle, only to be humbled by the turtle's...
Oscar: The Cat Who Predicts Death | 预知死亡的猫
A cat named Oscar, living in a nursing home's dementia unit, has repeatedly been observed curling...
Tom Hickathrift | 巨人杀手汤姆·希卡思里夫特
Tom Hickathrift, a simple but immensely strong giant of a man from English folklore, rises from l...
Grinding an Iron Rod into a Needle | 铁棒成针
The story recounts how the young Li Bai was inspired by an old woman's perseverance in grinding a...
Listening is Powerful Medicine | 倾听是良药
A physician learns a profound lesson from an elderly patient about the healing power of listening...
Turning Resistance into Strength | 化阻力为助力
Two frogs fall into a pit. One gives up after hearing others' discouragement and dies, while the ...
The Ostrich in Love | 鸵鸟的恋曲
A shy ostrich spends a week secretly admiring a young lady, expressing his love through gifts, so...
Riddles (Part 4) | 脑筋急转弯（4）
A collection of 25 English riddles based on puns, homophones, and double meanings, designed to ch...
Saving the Birds | 拯救雏鸟
A young Abraham Lincoln, traveling with fellow lawyers, stops to rescue fallen robin chicks while...
Weighing the Elephant | 曹冲称象
A young prince cleverly solves the Emperor's challenge of weighing a giant elephant by using the ...
A Wise Man's Words | 智者的箴言
A local official seeks a sorcerer's wisdom to understand the cause of bandit attacks and floods. ...
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