Sober as a Judge | 法官的“清醒”
A judge, returning home drunk and soiled, invents a story about being vomited on by a criminal he...
The First-Day Holdup | 第一天的劫案
On his first day at a bank, Nick faces an armed robbery. Thinking quickly, he pretends to comply ...
The Ants and the Colossal Turtle | 群蚁观鳌
A swarm of ants journeys to see a legendary turtle carrying a mountain, but after a long wait and...
The Goblin and the Grocer | 地精与杂货商
A goblin, loyal to a grocer for his Christmas jam, is enchanted by the poetic world a poor studen...
The Unguent of Song | 不皲之药
Hui Zi destroys a giant gourd he finds useless. Zhuang Zi responds with a parable about a family ...
Two Spells | 两个咒语
A boy who is ignored learns that the "magic spells" of "Please" and "Thank you," coupled with a s...
The Hare Who Wouldn't Be King | 不愿当王的野兔
A clever hare predicts the tyranny of the newly elected lion king, Kali. When it's his turn to be...
Praying for Your Enemies | 为你的敌人祈祷
A blind student placed in a class with troubled peers initially feels shock and dread. Inspired b...
The Cock and the Pearl | 公鸡与珍珠
A cock finds a pearl in the straw but dismisses it, preferring a single grain of barley. The fabl...
The Twelve Idle Servants | 十二个懒惰的仆人
Twelve servants gather at night to boast about their extreme laziness, each describing in absurd ...
Philomela | 菲洛墨拉
A tale of betrayal, mutilation, and brutal revenge from Greek mythology, culminating in the metam...
The Owl and the Turtledove | 猫头鹰与斑鸠
An owl, disliked for its cry in the west, decides to move east. A turtledove points out that chan...
The Travellers and the Plane-Tree | 旅人与梧桐树
Two travellers find shade under a plane-tree, only for one to call it useless. The tree rebukes t...
The Ghost of Queen Anne Boleyn | 安妮·博林王后的幽灵
The ghost of Anne Boleyn, executed wife of Henry VIII, is uniquely reported at multiple UK locati...
The Brick | 当头一砖
A furious executive confronts a boy who threw a brick at his car, only to learn the act was a des...
The Carrot, the Egg, and the Coffee Bean | 胡萝卜、鸡蛋与咖啡豆
A mother uses a kitchen experiment with carrots, eggs, and coffee beans in boiling water to teach...
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...
Listening is Powerful Medicine | 倾听是良药
A physician learns a profound lesson from an elderly patient about the healing power of listening...
Noah's Ark | 诺亚方舟
The biblical story of Noah's Ark tells how God, grieved by human wickedness, sent a great flood b...
The Merry Wives | 快活的妻子们
Three wives wager to see who can trick her husband the most foolishly to avoid paying for their w...
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