intermediate
867 篇King Thrushbeard | 画眉嘴国王
A proud princess mocks all her suitors, especially one she nicknames "King Thrushbeard." As punis...
54 阅读Children's Prattle | 孩子们的闲谈
A children's party reveals social prejudices through the proud boasts of privileged youngsters, w...
58 阅读Desert Bloom | 沙漠之花
A young flower in a desolate desert dreams of bringing beauty to her world. Despite a near-fatal ...
64 阅读The Happy Prince (Part 2) | 快乐王子（第二部分）
The Happy Prince persuades the reluctant Swallow to delay his journey to Egypt and deliver his ru...
74 阅读The Stag in the Ox-Stall | 牛棚里的雄鹿
A stag hides in an ox-stall to escape hounds, believing he is safe until nightfall. Despite avoid...
66 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 ...
68 阅读The First Old Man and the Hind | 第一位老人与雌鹿
An old man recounts how his jealous wife used magic to transform his adopted heir into a calf and...
70 阅读The Young King of the Black Isles | 黑岛国年轻国王的故事
The young King of the Black Isles recounts how his enchantress queen betrayed him, turning him ha...
55 阅读Callisto | 卡利斯托
The myth of Callisto, a nymph transformed into a bear by the jealous Hera, and her eventual reuni...
70 阅读You Won't Go to Jail | 你不会进监狱
A man embezzled millions and sought legal defense to avoid jail. His lawyer assured him that with...
75 阅读You Won't Go to Jail | 你不会坐牢
A man embezzled millions and sought legal defense to avoid jail. His lawyer assured him that with...
78 阅读That's Not Fair | 这不公平
A man in hell complains about a lawyer's seemingly pleasant fate, only to be corrected by the dev...
60 阅读The Bronze Rat | 铜鼠奇遇
A tourist buys a bronze rat from a Chinatown shop, ignoring the expensive story behind it. Once h...
73 阅读One Side of the Case | 一面之辞
A man with hearing loss in one ear is deemed fit for jury duty by a judge, who humorously notes t...
77 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...
55 阅读The Foreman's Position | 陪审团主席之争
A judge hastily impanels twelve lawyers as a jury for a clear-cut drunk-driving case. The trial e...
82 阅读A Misunderstood Compliment | 被误解的赞美
A lawyer's crude remark about a model is humorously misinterpreted by his colleague as referring ...
57 阅读The Price of Silence | 沉默的代价
A lawyer pays daily for a pretzel he never takes for years. When the vendor finally breaks the si...
58 阅读Both Attorneys Identified | 双方律师身份已明
A courtroom exchange of insults between two attorneys leads the judge to dryly note that their id...
55 阅读Sober as a Judge | 法官的“清醒”
A judge, returning home drunk and soiled, invents a story about being vomited on by a criminal he...
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