The Happy Family | 幸福的家庭
A pair of elderly white snails, believing themselves to be the world's most distinguished creatur...
The City of the Dead | 死亡之城
The narrator recounts a terrifying experience during Edinburgh's famous 'City of the Dead' ghost ...
Master Dongguo and the Wolf | 东郭先生和狼
A pedantic scholar saves a hunted wolf out of misguided compassion, only for the wolf to turn on ...
The Patient and the Ship Owner | 病人与船主
A patient uses a boat without permission to fish on a moonlit night. Dr. Schweitzer adjudicates, ...
The Ghost and the Ancestral Home | 鬼魂与祖宅
A skeptical young man confronts the ghost haunting his ancestral home. By cleverly using the ghos...
The Debtor and His Sow | 欠债人与母猪
An Athenian debtor, unable to pay, tries to sell his only sow at market. To impress a buyer, he a...
The Grasshopper and the Ants | 蚂蚱与蚂蚁
A starving grasshopper begs ants for food in winter. When asked why it didn't store provisions in...
Why the Sea is Salt | 海水为何是咸的
A kind but poor man, desperate for food on a holiday, seeks help from his wealthy but cruel broth...
How Many Lawyers? | 需要多少位律师？
A classic joke that humorously critiques the legal profession by subverting a common riddle forma...
Coffee Shop Kindness | 咖啡馆里的善意
A high school senior's stressful part-time job at a coffee shop takes a meaningful turn when a sm...
Huang Gong's Daughters | 黄公嫁女
Huang Gong's excessive modesty backfires when he constantly describes his beautiful daughters as ...
The Way of Archery | 射箭之道
A master uses a story about a king overwhelmed by too many targets and an archer's focus on a sin...
The Lion, The Bear and The Fox | 狮子、熊与狐狸
A lion and a bear fought fiercely over a kid until both were exhausted. A watching fox then seize...
The Mermaid of Zennor | 赞诺尔的美人鱼
In the Cornish village of Zennor, a mermaid named Morveren is enchanted by the beautiful singing ...
The Thorn-Carver | 棘刺母猴
A man from Wei tricks the King of Yan by claiming he can carve a monkey on a thorn. A blacksmith ...
House Money Effect | 赌场盈利效应
The house money effect describes the increased willingness to take financial risks with easily ga...
The Philosophical Mouse | 哲学老鼠
A philosophical mouse praises nature for protecting mice, believing bats can restore their race i...
Astronaut's Culinary Regret: Too Much Shrimp in Space | 太空生活：女宇航员的甜蜜烦恼
Astronaut Peggy Whitson shares her experiences during a 130-day ISS mission, noting how micrograv...
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 Origin of Teddy Bear | 泰迪熊的由来
The teddy bear is named after President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, inspired by a 1902 hunting in...
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