Morrow Road | 茂林路
The narrator, a self-identified psychic medium, visits the site of the legendary "Morrow Road Hau...
The Spendthrift and the Swallow | 败家子与燕子
A spendthrift mistakes an early swallow for a sign of summer, sells his coat, and blames the bird...
Echo | 回声
This is the myth of Echo, a nymph punished to only repeat the last words of others. It illustrate...
The Paper Dove | 纸上的白鸽
A girl clings to a paper holding her hopes. When it vanishes, replaced by a feather, a mysterious...
The Dog and the Wolf | 狗与狼
A clever dog escapes being eaten by a wolf by promising to get fattened up for a future feast, bu...
Three Questions | 三个问题
A man questions a lawyer's high fee for three questions, only to have his complaint cleverly coun...
The Star-Child | 星孩
A poor woodcutter finds an abandoned infant wrapped in a golden cloak in the forest and insists o...
Two Fathers | 我的两位父亲
A story of two sisters navigating love and loyalty between their biological father and their devo...
The Deer Hunt | 即鹿无虞
The fable contrasts two hunting approaches: success comes from planning with a guide's knowledge,...
The Attic | 阁楼之谜
A family moves into a new house and discovers their attic has been ominously nailed shut with twe...
Christopher Marlowe: Life and Legacy | 克里斯托弗·马洛：生平与文学遗产
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was a pioneering Elizabethan playwright whose brief but brilliant...
The Aged Mother | 年迈的母亲
A desolate old woman, having lost all her family, blames God for her sorrow. During a night vigil...
A Slingshot Is a Slingshot | “弹”就是“弹”
Hui Zi defends his use of metaphors by demonstrating that explaining an unknown concept (a slings...
A Good Start | 良好的开端
A classic joke that uses a play on words to deliver a humorous punchline about lawyers. | 一个经典的英文...
Wei Wenhou's Hunting Appointment | 魏文侯期猎
Wei Wenhou interrupts his merry drinking to honor a hunting appointment in the rain, demonstratin...
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...
The Greedy Dog | 贪婪的狗
A greedy dog loses his stolen bone when he tries to take a larger one from his own reflection in ...
The Coffee Shop Ghost | 咖啡馆幽灵
A coffee shop owner in Southern Indiana recounts a series of eerie events in his newly purchased ...
Ronny's Book | 罗尼的书
A volunteer reading tutor describes Ronny, a neglected first-grader facing immense challenges. De...
How the First Head Was Taken | 首级是如何被取走的
A myth explaining the origin of headhunting. The Moon goddess beheads the Sun's son for watching ...
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