Lucky Lou | 幸运的路
A man named Lucky Lou obsessively collects and follows every imaginable superstition for good luc...
The Dog in the Manger | 马槽里的狗
A dog sleeping in an ox's manger prevents the ox from eating the straw, illustrating selfishness....
The Baby Eagle | 雏鹰
A baby eagle, dependent on his mother in a cozy nest, is forced out when she stops feeding him. P...
The Hare's Bride | 野兔的新娘
A girl is taken by a persistent hare to be his bride but escapes by using a straw doll as a decoy...
The Glass Coffin | 玻璃棺
A poor but clever tailor's apprentice gets lost in a forest, witnesses a magical stag defeat a bu...
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...
Time Out | 暂停时刻
A young consultant, nervous about meeting a major advertising firm's president, responds to the e...
Isaac Newton and the Path to Universal Laws | 艾萨克·牛顿与通往宇宙定律之路
This article traces Isaac Newton's foundational work on motion and gravity. It contextualizes his...
By the Almshouse Window | 济贫院窗前
An old maid gazes from an almshouse window at children playing on Copenhagen's historic rampart. ...
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...
Gossip | 闲话
This article uses the metaphor of "bags of gossip" to illustrate the different ways people handle...
The Rich Man and the Tanner | 富人与鞣皮匠
A rich man, disturbed by the smell from his tanner neighbor's yard, repeatedly demanded he move. ...
The Monster and the Hunter | 怪物与猎人
A brave hunter confronts and kills a fearsome, one-eyed monster by discovering its only weakness....
A Mother's Love | 母爱
A farmer cleverly leads a stubborn cow to slaughter by using her calf, demonstrating the powerful...
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Part Two) | 阿里巴巴与四十大盗（下）
The robbers discover Ali Baba knows their secret and attempt to find and kill him. Twice, Morgian...
The Clever Rabbit | 聪明的兔子
A wolf and a fox plot to catch a clever rabbit by pretending the fox is dead. The rabbit, suspici...
Retreating Thirty Miles | 退避三舍
This story recounts how Chong Er (Duke Wen of Jin), during his exile, promised the King of Chu to...
The Big Oven | 大火炉
A man wastes all his resources trying to heat a faulty oven, ignoring sensible advice to fix it, ...
Benjamin Franklin and His Modern Impersonator | 本杰明·富兰克林与现代扮演者
This article explores the multifaceted legacy of Benjamin Franklin—inventor, statesman, and wit—a...
The Man of Qi Who Feared the Sky Would Fall | 杞人忧天
A man from Qi was consumed by an irrational fear that the sky would fall and the earth would sink...
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