Fire Alarm | 火警警报
The author reflects on experiences with fire alarms and drills in an English workplace, contrasti...
Little Briar-Rose | 睡美人
A princess, cursed to sleep for 100 years after pricking her finger on a spindle, is awakened by ...
The Charger and the Miller | 战马与磨坊主
A warhorse, retired to a mill in old age, laments his lost glory to the Miller, who reminds him t...
Beyond Cure | 病入膏肓
This story recounts how Duke Jing of Jin dreamed his illness was untreatable, which was later con...
Free Range | 自由放养
The term "free range" describes animals raised with freedom to roam, a concept extended to parent...
A Good Dog for Catching Mice? | 良狗捕鼠
A man from Qi selects a hunting dog for his neighbor, who then worries it doesn't catch mice. The...
The Spaghetti Postcard | 意大利面条明信片
A doctor arranges for his pregnant mistress to have their baby in Italy, asking her to send a pos...
The Thief and His Master | 小偷和他的师父
A father, following what he believes is divine guidance, apprentices his son to a master thief un...
The Moon and the Wind | 月亮与风
A lion and tiger, childhood friends, argue about whether the moon's waxing or waning brings cold....
Bristling with Anger | 怒发冲冠
This passage recounts the historical story behind the Chinese idiom "Bristling with Anger," where...
The Dolphins and the Whales | 海豚与鲸
A sprat attempts to mediate a fierce and ongoing battle between dolphins and whales, but its offe...
The Dog, the Cock and the Fox | 狗、公鸡与狐狸
A traveling cock outwits a hungry fox by luring it to the tree hollow where his friend the dog is...
The Fisherman and His Wife | 渔夫和他的妻子
A fisherman catches a magical flounder and releases it. His wife, never satisfied, forces him to ...
The Pink | 石竹花
A queen bears a son with the power to wish for anything. An evil cook steals the infant, frames t...
Open the Net on Three Sides | 网开一面
The story recounts how Tang, founder of the Shang Dynasty, demonstrated mercy by cutting a bird n...
The Clever Rabbit and the Hungry Wolf | 聪明的兔子与饥饿的狼
A clever rabbit outsmarts a hungry wolf by pretending to be poisoned by mushrooms, convincing the...
The Fate of Actaeon | 阿克特翁的命运
The hunter Actaeon accidentally sees Artemis bathing. As punishment, the goddess turns him into a...
One Arrow, Two Vultures | 一箭双雕
This passage recounts the ancient Chinese tale of archer Zhangsun Sheng, who shot down two fighti...
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...
The Lazy Spinner | 懒惰的纺纱女
A lazy woman devises clever tricks to avoid spinning and winding yarn, first by frightening her h...
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