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530 篇The Shirt-Collar | 衬衫领子
A boastful shirt-collar, fancying himself a fine gentleman, proposes to various household items h...
35 阅读The False Collar | 衬衫领子
A boastful false collar, washed with a garter, vainly proposes to various household items before ...
31 阅读The Bald Huntsman | 秃头的猎人
A bald man's wig is blown away during a hunt, amusing his companions. He good-naturedly remarks t...
32 阅读The Superficial Surgeon | 只治“外”科
A boastful surgeon cuts off only the visible part of an arrow embedded in a general, refusing to ...
33 阅读A Nice Stone | 上好的石头
A widow humorously reveals how she interpreted her late husband's final wish to buy a "nice stone...
37 阅读The Hasty Diagnosis | 草率的诊断
A doctor hastily prescribes more exercise to a patient without listening, only to be embarrassed ...
34 阅读The Emperor's New Clothes | 皇帝的新衣
A vain Emperor is tricked by two swindlers who claim to weave a magical cloth invisible to the un...
35 阅读Clever Blackie | 聪明的黑子
Tom sends his clever dog Blackie to buy medicine for his sick friend Jack. Despite initial doubts...
29 阅读Borrowing an Ox | 讳不识字
An illiterate rich man, too proud to admit it, pretends to read a letter requesting to borrow an ...
29 阅读Navajo Message for the Moon | 纳瓦霍族给月球的讯息
During Apollo mission training on a Navajo reservation, an elder, upon learning of the astronauts...
27 阅读My Naughty Brother | 我的淘气弟弟
The narrator describes a typical mischievous act of his little brother Donny, who tried to hit a ...
37 阅读The Tack Hammer | 图钉之锤
A teacher with a hidden back brace uses a shocking act—hammering a tack through his tie into his ...
37 阅读A Place to Sleep | 一席之地
A weary traveler, John, finds a town with no hotel vacancies. He agrees to share a room with a no...
31 阅读The Hunchback Specialist | 专治驼背
A self-proclaimed specialist promises to cure any hunchback but uses a brutal method that straigh...
36 阅读The Two Estimates | 两份估价单
A non-smoking manager, troubled by smoky meeting rooms, seeks a costly air purification solution....
33 阅读A Half Day's Leisure | 半日清闲
A high official visits a remote temple, reciting a poem about finding leisure. The old monk's wit...
29 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Two Physicians | 两位医生
An old man secretly consults two physicians who prescribe conflicting treatments. When they disco...
32 阅读False Alarm | 虚惊一场
A dinner party turns into a frantic trip to the emergency room after guests mistakenly believe th...
32 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...
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