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145 篇The Nightingale and the Hawk | 夜莺与鹰
A captured nightingale tries to persuade a hawk to release her by claiming she is too small a mea...
35 阅读The Fox and the Goat | 狐狸与山羊
A thirsty fox jumps into a well to drink but gets trapped. He tricks a passing goat into jumping ...
34 阅读The Dog and the Wolf | 狗与狼
A clever dog escapes being eaten by a wolf by promising to get fattened up for a future feast, bu...
31 阅读The Happy Prince | 快乐王子
The story introduces the magnificent statue of the Happy Prince, admired by all in the city. A lo...
33 阅读Rumpelstiltskin | 侏儒怪
A miller's daughter is forced to spin straw into gold for a greedy king. A mysterious little man ...
31 阅读The Swineherd | 猪倌
A prince, rejected after offering rare and meaningful gifts (a magical rose and a nightingale), d...
32 阅读The Singing Donkey | 唱歌的驴
A lonely donkey ignores his jackal friend's warning and insists on singing loudly in a farmer's o...
32 阅读The Eagle and the Bee | 鹰与蜜蜂
An eagle scorns a bee's humble, anonymous toil, boasting of his own majestic and fearsome exploit...
39 阅读Diamonds and Toads | 钻石与蟾蜍
A fairy tale where kindness is rewarded with jewels from the mouth, and rudeness is punished with...
38 阅读The Star-Child | 星孩
The Star-Child, after giving away the red gold to the leper, returns to the city expecting punish...
31 阅读The Dodder and the Great Tree | 茑萝与大树
A temple idol, jealous of a great tree and the vines clinging to it, sows discord by blaming the ...
29 阅读A Real Bargain | 真划算
A Lord Chief Justice, when asked for a small donation to bury a poor lawyer, sarcastically offere...
28 阅读A Real Bargain | 真划算
A judge, asked to donate a shilling for a poor lawyer's funeral, instead gives a guinea, sarcasti...
33 阅读Speed Limit | 限速
A story about an absurdly low speed limit on a military base and an even more absurd method of ca...
29 阅读The Trained Parrot | 训练有素的鹦鹉
Three sons compete to give their blind mother the best gift: a mansion, a luxury car, and a Bible...
29 阅读The Umbrella | 雨伞
A gentleman tries to secure his umbrella with a boastful note, only to have it stolen by a thief ...
33 阅读The Absent-Minded Mark Twain | 心不在焉的马克・吐温
A humorous anecdote about Mark Twain's forgetfulness, where he searches for his train ticket not ...
30 阅读They're All Drowned | 他们全都淹死了
Painter Hogarth, after a fee dispute, delivers a commissioned painting of the Red Sea crossing as...
31 阅读The Fortune-Telling Scale | 算命秤
A man at the airport is astonished by a computer scale that accurately states his weight, marital...
31 阅读Angry Blonde | 愤怒的金发女郎
A blonde woman, suspecting infidelity, confronts her boyfriend and finds him with another woman. ...
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