The Vain Peacock | 爱惜羽毛的孔雀
The peacock's excessive pride in its beautiful tail leads to irrational and dangerous behavior, i...
Fish Cheeks | 鱼颊
A teenage girl is mortified when her Chinese family hosts a traditional Christmas Eve dinner for ...
Logic vs. Arithmetic | 逻辑与算术
A student's clever response to a math problem highlights the difference between pure calculation ...
The Bow and the Arrow | 弓与箭
Two men boast that their bow or arrow alone is supreme and needs no counterpart. A skilled archer...
The Star-Child | 星孩
A poor woodcutter finds an abandoned infant wrapped in a golden cloak in the forest and insists o...
A Brother's Miracle | 哥哥的奇迹
A young girl, hearing that only a miracle can save her sick brother, attempts to buy one with her...
The Master Artist | 大师艺术家
In 1392, a retiring master artist accepts a final commission to paint a 20-foot portrait for a we...
Yu Shou Burns His Books | 玉寿焚书
Yu Shou, confident with his books, is advised by Xu Feng that wisdom lies in adapting to the pres...
The Three Sons of Fortune | 幸运三兄弟
A dying father leaves his three sons unusual inheritances: a rooster, a scythe, and a cat. He ins...
The Bachelors and the Python | 单身汉与巨蟒
A tale of two contrasting bachelors who encounter a magical python. The kind Kalemeleme's compass...
The Tower of Babel | 巴别塔
Humanity, united by a single language, sought to build a city and a tower reaching heaven to avoi...
Boots Robot | 靴子机器人
The narrator had to wear oversized heavy-duty boots for a delivery, making him walk clumsily like...
The Man with the Coconuts | 驮椰子的人
A man ignores a boy's paradoxical advice to go slowly with a heavy load of coconuts. By rushing, ...
The Young King's Dream | 少年国王之梦
The Young King dreams of a weaver weaving his coronation robe with golden thread while lamenting ...
The Snow Queen: A Tale of Two Children | 冰雪女王：两个孩子的故事
A tale of childhood friendship corrupted by magic. Kay, after being struck by a shard of a distor...
An Army of Two | 二人军团
During the War of 1812, sisters Rebecca and Abigail Bates allegedly used a fife and drum to mimic...
Why Women Cry | 女人为何哭泣
A man seeks to understand why women cry, from his mother to God. God explains that He created wom...
The Mouse Father's Quest | 老鼠嫁女
A mouse father searches for the greatest being to marry his daughter to, asking the sun, cloud, w...
The Girl in the Pagoda | 宝塔中的女孩
A girl is whisked away by a wind and imprisoned in a pagoda by a deceptive young man who reveals ...
Working with a Farrier | 岂辱马医
A poor man in Qi, once a beggar, takes a job with a farrier after being shunned. When mocked for ...
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