moral-story
370 篇The Two Travellers | 两个旅行者
A kind but poor tailor and a cruel shoemaker travel together. After the shoemaker blinds and aban...
29 阅读The Jew Among Thorns | 荆棘丛中的犹太人
A diligent servant is cheated of his wages by a miserly master. After receiving magical gifts fro...
63 阅读The Fox and the Crow | 狐狸与乌鸦
A vain crow loses her cheese to a cunning fox who flatters her into singing. The fable warns agai...
74 阅读The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf | 牧童与狼
A shepherd boy's repeated false alarms about a wolf lead the villagers to ignore his genuine cry ...
75 阅读The Father and His Daughters | 父亲与女儿们
A father visits his two daughters, married to a gardener and a potter. Each daughter wishes for o...
64 阅读The Fowler and the Adder | 捕鸟人与蝰蛇
A fowler intending to kill a bird is fatally bitten by a snake he steps on. With his dying breath...
67 阅读The Bundle of Sticks | 一捆木柴
A farmer teaches his quarreling sons a lesson about unity by showing them that a bundle of sticks...
60 阅读The Wind and the Sun | 风和太阳
The Wind and the Sun compete to see who can make a traveler remove his coat. Forceful wind makes ...
79 阅读The Three Lazy Ones | 三个懒汉
A dying king decides his successor will be his laziest son. Each son tries to outdo the others wi...
48 阅读The Man and the Satyr | 人与萨堤尔
A man warms his hands and cools his food by blowing with his mouth, leading a satyr to renounce t...
63 阅读The Miser and His Gold | 守财奴与金子
A miser who only hoarded and looked at his gold, never using it, loses it to a thief. A neighbor ...
62 阅读The Handan Walker | 邯郸学步
A young man from Shouling, plagued by self-doubt, travels to Handan to copy the locals' celebrate...
76 阅读Hercules and Plutus | 赫拉克勒斯与财神
Hercules snubs Plutus at a divine banquet, explaining to Jupiter that he dislikes the god of weal...
64 阅读The Debtor and His Sow | 欠债人与母猪
An Athenian debtor, unable to pay, tries to sell his only sow at market. To impress a buyer, he a...
57 阅读The Ant and the Grasshopper | 蚂蚁与蚱蜢
A hungry grasshopper begs an ant for food in winter, having sung all summer instead of preparing....
68 阅读Food Offered with Contempt | 嗟来之食
During a famine, a proud man starves to death rather than accept food offered with disrespect, il...
65 阅读Plugging One's Ears While Stealing a Bell | 掩耳盗铃
A thief tries to steal a large bell by breaking it, but the loud noise alarms him. In a foolish a...
69 阅读The Man Who Sheltered Rats | 姑息养鼠
A superstitious man shelters rats due to his birth year, leading to infestation and ruin. The new...
76 阅读The Fisherman and His Wife | 渔夫和他的妻子
A fisherman catches a magical flounder and releases it. His wife, never satisfied, forces him to ...
55 阅读The Mistress and Her Servants | 女主人与仆人
Two servants, tired of being woken early by their mistress's rooster, kill it hoping to sleep lon...
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