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631 篇A Pedant's Prudence | 迁腐的谨慎
A pedantic scholar, bound by rigid etiquette, delays warning a father about his child playing dan...
28 阅读Fishing for Girls | 钓鱼与邂逅
Howard's solo weekend trip for fishing and meeting women is foiled by an empty pool and his own s...
20 阅读The Runaway Pancake | 逃跑的煎饼
A pancake, hearing it will be eaten, escapes from the frying pan and rolls away. It outruns the f...
35 阅读How the Bear Lost His Tail | 熊是如何失去尾巴的
A proud bear, tricked by a cunning fox into fishing with his magnificent tail on a frozen lake, f...
33 阅读The Cowherd and the Weaving Girl | 牛郎织女
This is the classic Chinese folktale of the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl, a celestial weaver. The...
38 阅读The Tailor in Heaven | 天堂里的裁缝
A lame but cunning tailor talks his way into heaven while God is away. Overcome by curiosity, he ...
27 阅读Pelican Girl | 鹈鹕女孩
Pelican Girl breaks a sacred custom during her coming-of-age ritual, allowing a shaman to kidnap ...
32 阅读Dingbo Sells a Ghost | 定伯卖鬼
A man named Song Dingbo outwits a ghost he meets at night by pretending to be one, cleverly answe...
36 阅读The Old Man and His Grandson | 老人与孙子
A frail old man is mistreated by his son and daughter-in-law until their young son's innocent act...
30 阅读The Sword in the Stone (I) | 石中剑（上）
King Uther Pendragon, with Merlin's magic, wins Igraine but must give up their newborn son Arthur...
31 阅读The First Test | 初出茅庐
This passage recounts how Zhuge Liang, newly appointed as Liu Bei's military adviser, earns the r...
36 阅读Donkey Cabbages | 驴甘蓝
A kind huntsman gains magical treasures but is betrayed by a witch and her daughter. Stranded by ...
35 阅读The Three Spinning Women | 三个纺纱女
A lazy girl, unable to spin, is taken to the palace by a Queen who mistakes her for industrious. ...
35 阅读The Bright Sun Brings It to Light | 明亮的太阳终将揭露真相
A destitute tailor's apprentice murders a Jew for money. Years later, settled into a happy life, ...
30 阅读Taming the Tiger | 役虎
Huang Gong, envious of An Qisheng's ability to command a tiger with a sword, steals the weapon be...
31 阅读Encountering Feng Sanniang | 邂逅封三娘
A gentle maiden meets a mysterious fox fairy who helps her find love, overcome a forced marriage ...
29 阅读The Ghost-Fearing Man of Chu | 楚人畏鬼
A thief exploits a man's intense fear of ghosts by imitating ghostly sounds, then robs him. Even ...
38 阅读The Twelve Apostles | 十二门徒
A poor mother's twelve sons, sent into the world in desperation, are guided by angels to a magica...
25 阅读The Heaven of Thirty-Three | 三十三重天
King Sakka tricks the Asuras out of their heaven, leading to war and his defeat. Fleeing through ...
32 阅读Beauty and the Beast | 美女与野兽
Beauty, a kind young woman, sacrifices herself to a Beast to save her father. Living in his encha...
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