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868 篇The Eagle and the Arrow | 鹰与箭
An eagle is shot by a hunter's arrow. As it dies, it laments the cruel irony that the arrow that ...
36 阅读The Gullible Gorillas | 忘乎所以的猩猩
This fable tells of gorillas who, despite recognizing a human trap involving wine and straw sanda...
31 阅读The Little Robber-Girl | 小强盗女孩
Gerda is captured by robbers but spared by their wild daughter, who takes a liking to her. The li...
31 阅读The Scorpion and the Tortoise | 蝎子与乌龟
A close friendship between a tortoise and a scorpion is tested during a river crossing. The scorp...
30 阅读Natural Enemies, Best Friends | 天敌亦可成挚友
A royal elephant and a stray dog, considered natural enemies, form an inseparable bond through sh...
31 阅读The Woodman and Mercury | 樵夫与墨丘利
A woodman's honesty in claiming only his own lost iron ax is rewarded by Mercury with additional ...
35 阅读Our Lady's Child | 圣母的孩子
A poor woodcutter's daughter is taken to heaven by the Virgin Mary but disobeys by opening a forb...
33 阅读The Death of Hun Dun | 浑沌之死
The legend tells of Shu and Hu, kings of the South and North Seas, who tried to repay the hospita...
25 阅读The Lion and the Wolf | 狮子与狼
A young puppy steals meat from a lion with impunity, leading a wolf to mistakenly believe the lio...
32 阅读Mercury and The Tradesmen | 墨丘利与商贩们
A fable explaining why all tradesmen tend to lie, but horse-dealers are the most deceitful of all...
28 阅读The Showdown | 对峙
The narrator's father recounts a tense confrontation between Bill and the dog Bingo. Bill brandis...
31 阅读The Goldfish Spirit | 鱼精作怪
Monkey King and his companions encounter a river spirit demanding child sacrifices. After a faile...
27 阅读The Oak and the Reed | 橡树与芦苇
A proud oak mocks a reed for its weakness, boasting of its own strength against storms. The reed ...
29 阅读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Ulysses and the Bag of Winds | 尤利西斯与风袋
After the Trojan War, King Ulysses receives a bag containing storm winds from Aeolus to ensure a ...
38 阅读The Bittern and the Hoopoe | 麻鹬与戴胜鸟
A shepherd explains the importance of balance through a fable. The Bittern's cows grew wild on ri...
29 阅读The Spindle, the Shuttle, and the Needle | 纺锤、梭子和针
A diligent orphan girl, blessed with a magical spindle, shuttle, and needle from her godmother, u...
33 阅读Strong Hans | 强壮的小汉斯
A boy named Hans, kidnapped and raised by robbers, grows incredibly strong. After defeating his c...
32 阅读The Vizir's Punishment | 受罚的维齐尔
A prince, separated from his negligent vizir during a hunt, is lured by a disguised ogress but es...
30 阅读The Conceited Wagner | 自负的瓦格纳
The passage portrays Richard Wagner as a physically frail yet immensely conceited man who viewed ...
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