Early Shopper | 早起的购物者
A prisoner, charged with "doing Christmas shopping early," reveals to a benevolent judge that his...
My First Love | 我的初恋
The narrator recounts her poignant first love at age thirteen in Bangladesh, centered around brie...
The Golden Plate | 金盘子
Two merchants in Seri find a poor family's sooty plate is solid gold. The greedy one lies to get ...
Lin Hui Abandons the Jade | 林回弃璧
A wise man fleeing danger chooses to save his newborn son over a priceless family heirloom, expla...
An Hour of Your Time | 一小时的时间
A tired father, irritated by his son's questions about his hourly wage and a request for money, l...
The Nightingale and the Hawk | 夜莺与鹰
A captured nightingale tries to persuade a hawk to release her by claiming she is too small a mea...
The Love Potion | 爱情神药
A young man, Alan Austen, visits an old man who sells peculiar potions, seeking an affordable lov...
The Chopsticks | 筷子
Mrs. Wen teaches her constantly fighting sons a lesson about unity by showing them that a bundle ...
Zhou Chu Eliminates the Evils | 周处除害
The story recounts how Zhou Chu, once a local menace, realizes his own harmful nature after slayi...
Fire Goddess with Two Ds | 火山女神，双D拼写
A woman's life transforms after a dramatic midlife crisis. Forgetting her childhood dream of bein...
The Brave Little Tailor | 勇敢的小裁缝
A clever but boastful tailor kills seven flies, embroiders "Seven at one stroke" on a belt, and u...
Dong Shi Imitates Xi Shi | 东施效颦
An unattractive woman blindly imitates the frowning expression of the beautiful Xi Shi, not reali...
The Fighting Fish | 斗鱼
The article describes the aggressive nature of fighting fish, requiring separate housing, and rec...
The Elephant Seeks a Friend | 大象找朋友
A lonely elephant is repeatedly rejected by smaller animals for being too big. When a tiger threa...
Mountain Rescue | 山中救援
A 78-year-old grandmother, Ruth, must summon extraordinary strength and faith to rescue her daugh...
The Lazy Donkey | 懒驴
A man returns a newly bought donkey after observing it immediately befriend the laziest donkey in...
The Man in the Well | 井底有人
A family's metaphorical comment about gaining an 'extra person' after digging a well is distorted...
The Rain-Bringing Dragons | 布雨之龙
Four compassionate dragons defy the indifferent Jade Emperor to end a devastating drought by brin...
A Play on Words | 文字游戏
Author James Thurber amused himself with wordplay, sharing a story where a nurse's literal answer...
Do It Today | 今日事，今日毕
A mother's poignant letter, published after her son's tragic death, reflects on missed opportunit...
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