fable
511 篇The Hidden Gold | 隐藏的金子
A dying farmer tells his lazy sons there is gold hidden in their olive orchard. Their fruitless d...
29 阅读The Man Who Sheltered Rats | 姑息养鼠
A superstitious man shelters rats due to his birth year, leading to infestation and ruin. The new...
41 阅读Kangaroos and the Cage | 袋鼠与笼子
Zookeepers repeatedly raise a cage's height to contain escaping kangaroos, only to realize the tr...
35 阅读The Happy Family | 幸福的家庭
A pair of elderly white snails, believing themselves to be the world's most distinguished creatur...
31 阅读The Gold Rat and the Hint | 金鼠与暗示
A subordinate gifts his superior, born in the year of the rat, a gold rat for his birthday. Pleas...
30 阅读The Seat of Honor | 谁坐上座
A man ignores his neighbor's warning about a fire hazard. After a fire breaks out, he rewards tho...
37 阅读The Mistress and Her Servants | 女主人与仆人
Two servants, tired of being woken early by their mistress's rooster, kill it hoping to sleep lon...
36 阅读The King and the Monkey | 吴王射猴
King Wu, angered by a monkey's defiant display of catching his arrow, orders his guards to shoot ...
29 阅读The Miser | 守财奴
A miser hides his gold but loses it to a thief. A neighbor points out that an unused stone is as ...
32 阅读The Thief and His Mother | 小偷与母亲
A condemned thief bites his mother's ear, blaming her permissive attitude towards his childhood t...
33 阅读The Two Soldiers and the Robber | 两个士兵与强盗
Two soldiers are attacked; one flees while the other fights off the robber. The coward returns to...
33 阅读The Nearsighted Contest | 近视之争
Two nearsighted men, too proud to admit their poor vision, compete to read a temple board they se...
47 阅读The Man and the Satyr | 人与萨堤尔
A man warms his hands and cools his food by blowing with his mouth, leading a Satyr to renounce t...
35 阅读The Big Oven | 大火炉
A man wastes all his resources trying to heat a faulty oven, ignoring sensible advice to fix it, ...
29 阅读The Ass and the Lapdog | 驴与哈巴狗
A hardworking ass, envious of a pampered lapdog's idle life, tries to imitate it but causes chaos...
32 阅读The Mirror | 镜子
A vain Spaniel mistakes his own reflection for a rival, boasts of defeating it, but flees in terr...
39 阅读The Cobbler and the Banker | 鞋匠与银行家
A contented, singing cobbler receives a large sum of money from his wealthy but sleepless banker ...
31 阅读The Boasting Traveller | 吹牛的旅行者
A traveler boasts of an unbeatable jump in Rhodes but is challenged to prove it on the spot, illu...
30 阅读Two Pots | 两只罐子
A brass pot and a fragile earthen pot float down a river. The earthen pot keeps its distance, fea...
34 阅读Growing into a Pearl | 磨砺成珠
A single grain of sand endures isolation and hardship within a clam to transform into a priceless...
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