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369 篇A Riddling Tale | 谜语故事
A woman transformed into a flower instructs her husband to pick her from identical blooms to brea...
30 阅读Finding a Friend | 寻找朋友
A lonely little fish named Sam searches the sea for a friend who looks like him. After encounters...
35 阅读Dionysus | 酒神狄俄尼索斯
Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, was raised by nymphs and taught by Silenus. He traveled the worl...
34 阅读The Shoe Pattern | 鞋样
A spoiled teenager, completely dependent on his parents, is forced to handle a simple errand alon...
32 阅读The Platypus's Prank | 鸭嘴兽的恶作剧
A tale explaining the platypus's unique appearance. Because he missed Mother Earth's call to give...
32 阅读The Clever Panda | 聪明的熊猫
A little panda cleverly solves the problem of moving a large pumpkin by rolling it like a wheel, ...
67 阅读The Stag in the Ox-Stall | 牛棚里的雄鹿
A stag hides in an ox-stall to escape hounds, believing he is safe until nightfall. Despite avoid...
33 阅读Callisto | 卡利斯托
The myth of Callisto, a nymph transformed into a bear by the jealous Hera, and her eventual reuni...
33 阅读To Prove It | 验证
A boy humorously insists a pound of lead is heavier than a pound of feathers, proposing a practic...
44 阅读Why Are Hen's Legs Short? | 母鸡的腿为何短？
A child asks why hens have short legs, and the parent humorously explains that long legs might ca...
21 阅读The Oak Tree | 橡树
Two holidaymakers in an orchard are puzzled by a fruitless tree and offer a boy money for an expl...
36 阅读The All-Purpose Dissolvent | 万能溶剂
A young man tells Edison of his plan to invent a solvent that dissolves everything, to which Edis...
31 阅读Too Late | 为时已晚
A medical student gives an incorrect drug dosage and asks to correct it a minute later, but the p...
31 阅读The Two-Stove Fallacy | 两个炉子的谬误
A housewife misunderstands efficiency, believing two efficient stoves would eliminate coal use en...
30 阅读The Million-Dollar Question | 百万美元的问题
A contestant on a game show uses her final lifeline to call a friend for help with a million-doll...
21 阅读An Arithmetic Trick | 一个数学诡计
A clever student uses flawed arithmetic logic to argue that a single apple from a "six for five c...
27 阅读The Indiscriminate Granting of Honorary Degrees | 论荣誉学位的滥授
Woodrow Wilson criticized the past lax standards in awarding honorary degrees, illustrating the a...
23 阅读Your Coat Is on Fire | 您的大衣着火了
A teacher instructs his class to count before speaking to encourage thoughtfulness. The next day,...
33 阅读The Psychological Test | 心理测试
A manager uses a simple arithmetic question in a psychological test to assess three secretary can...
25 阅读The Right to Remain Silent | 保持沉默的权利
A student, asked to name civil rights after assigned reading, remains silent until finally invoki...
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