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624 篇The Owl and the Turtledove | 猫头鹰与斑鸠
An owl, disliked for its cry in the west, decides to move east. A turtledove points out that chan...
32 阅读Born for You | 生来为你
A pencil apologizes to an eraser for causing its wear, but the eraser finds purpose and joy in it...
33 阅读Bill, Bingo and Bram 3 | 比尔、宾果与布拉姆 3
The narrator fondly recalls Bill, an elderly neighbor with a wealth of stories and opinions. From...
34 阅读Clever Hans | 聪明的汉斯
A simpleton named Hans repeatedly visits Grethel, receives gifts, and bungles bringing them home ...
43 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 ...
30 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...
33 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...
35 阅读The Lawyer's Backpack | 律师的背包
A plane crash forces passengers to scramble for limited parachutes. The brain surgeon and attorne...
31 阅读Do What You Can | 尽力而为
A judge humorously advises a prisoner sentenced to 30 years to simply "do what you can" when the ...
32 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...
33 阅读One Side of the Case | 只听一面之辞
A potential juror with hearing loss in one ear is deemed fit to serve by a judge, who humorously ...
36 阅读The Pretzel Lady | 椒盐卷饼婆婆
A lawyer habitually paid a pretzel vendor without taking the food for over five years. When the p...
32 阅读Suddenly | 突然之间
A lawyer who died at 45 is told at Heaven's gate that he is actually 82, based on the total hours...
40 阅读No Matter What | 无论如何
A man receives contradictory advice on how to dress for a tax investigation. His friend illustrat...
37 阅读A Doctor and a Lawyer | 医生与律师
A doctor, tired of giving free advice at a party, learns a lawyer's method of billing for it. He ...
30 阅读A Blessing in Disguise | 因祸得福
A clumsy man, unemployed for months, finally gets a job at a chinaware shop only to break a valua...
34 阅读Same Action, Same Result | 重蹈覆辙
Two hunters convince a pilot to overload a plane by citing a precedent from the previous year, le...
30 阅读The Bathtub Test | 浴缸测试
A visitor learns the asylum's unconventional test for sanity, which reveals that overcomplicating...
31 阅读Set It Free | 爱，就给它自由
A humorous twist on a classic saying about love and freedom. It suggests that if what you set fre...
33 阅读The Price of Deceit | 欺骗的代价
A dying farmer's final request for his wife to marry his neighbor reveals a clever plan for posth...
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