A Bad Day at Work | 办公室的糟糕一天
A saturation diver shares a hilariously painful work story where a jellyfish, sucked into his sui...
Philomela | 菲洛墨拉
A tale of betrayal, mutilation, and brutal revenge from Greek mythology, culminating in the metam...
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 Lost Sheep at the Crossroads | 歧路亡羊
A story where the failure to find a lost sheep due to complex branching paths leads a scholar to ...
Consultation Fee | 咨询费
A butcher gets a lawyer to pay for meat stolen by his unleashed dog, only to later receive an inv...
Saving the Birds | 拯救雏鸟
A young Abraham Lincoln, traveling with fellow lawyers, stops to rescue fallen robin chicks while...
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. ...
What's Prettier Than Freckles | 比雀斑更美的是什么
A grandmother comforts her freckle-faced grandson after another child's teasing by praising his f...
To Love and To Express | 爱与表达
The author reflects on a past intense friendship with unrequited romantic feelings, the struggle ...
Finding a Home | 小兔子找家
A grown-up rabbit leaves his crowded burrow to find his own home but is repeatedly turned away by...
The Man and His Goose | 人与鹅
A man, greedy for the source of his goose's golden eggs, kills it only to find nothing special in...
The Fox and the Hedgehog | 狐狸与刺猬
A wounded fox prefers to keep the flies that are already full, fearing that driving them away wou...
The Walnut Tree | 核桃树
A roadside walnut tree, despite its generous yield, is harmed by passersby who violently harvest ...
The Louse and the Flea | 虱子与跳蚤
A louse's accident while brewing beer triggers a chain reaction of overreactions among household ...
Whose Horse? | 谁的马？
Washington cleverly exposes a neighbor's theft by asking him to identify which eye of the stolen ...
Every Bush and Tree Looks Like an Enemy | 草木皆兵
The idiom 'Every Bush and Tree Looks Like an Enemy' originates from the Battle of Feishui (383 AD...
One Side of the Case | 只听一面之辞
A potential juror with hearing loss in one ear is deemed fit to serve by a judge, who humorously ...
The Interview | 面试
A desperate applicant repeatedly lowers his job expectations during an interview, only to be reje...
The Black Horse | 黑骏马
A determined man named Jed pursues a legendary wild black horse that others have failed to captur...
Straw, Coal and Bean | 稻草、煤块和豆子
A straw, a coal, and a bean escape their intended fates and decide to journey together. Their att...
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