The Monkey and the Fly | 猴子与苍蝇
A monkey tries to protect his sleeping master from a persistent fly but ends up causing more harm...
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 ...
The Cat and the Mice | 猫和老鼠
A cat tries to lure hidden mice by pretending to be dead, but a wise mouse sees through the trick...
The Dagger Unrolled | 图穷匕见
This passage recounts the historical tale of Jing Ke's failed assassination attempt on the King o...
The Bird in the Dunghill | 粪堆里的小鸟
A frozen bird is saved by cow dung's warmth but is then eaten by a wildcat after its singing give...
The Tale of Schlauraffen Land | 懒人国的传说
A whimsical, first-person narrative recounts a series of fantastical and impossible sights in the...
The First Test | 初出茅庐
This passage recounts how Zhuge Liang, newly appointed as Liu Bei's military adviser, earns the r...
Beyond Cure | 病入膏肓
This story recounts how Duke Jing of Jin dreamed his illness was untreatable, which was later con...
Queen Victoria's Secret Bond with Her Manservant | 维多利亚女王与男仆的秘密情谊
A newly discovered letter from Queen Victoria reveals her profound grief over the death of her Hi...
The Latecomers Surpass the Old-timers | 后来居上
This story recounts how Ji An, an upright official in the Han Dynasty, bluntly criticized Emperor...
The Two Brothers | 两兄弟
Two poor brothers spare a magical fish and are rewarded with a quest. The elder saves a princess ...
The Gift of Life | 生命的礼物
A humorous allegory explaining the human life stages through a story of God negotiating lifespan ...
A Doll from Santa | 来自圣诞老人的娃娃
A woman who lost her mother and longed for a doll in childhood finally receives a specially made ...
The Blade of Grass | 一叶知爱
A teacher uses a metaphor of picking a single blade of grass to teach his student about the searc...
Little Snow-white | 白雪公主
A beautiful princess named Snow-white, with skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black...
Run Freely | 自由奔跑
The author observes a toddler running freely and falling without fear, realizing that children se...
The Origin of Evil | 邪恶的起源
A professor argues that if God created everything, He must have created evil, thus making God evi...
The Pearl in the Flesh | 剜股藏珠
A seaman hides a precious pearl in a self-inflicted thigh wound to save his ship from a storm, bu...
The Dog and the Sparrow | 狗与麻雀
A hungry dog befriends a helpful sparrow who feeds him. When a careless wagoner kills the sleepin...
The Magic Thread (II) | 魔法线（下）
Peter continues to use the magic thread to bypass life's hardships, from his wedding and fatherho...
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