short-story
1436 篇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The Three Army-Surgeons | 三个军医
Three overconfident army-surgeons boast of their surgical skills by removing their own organs, re...
30 阅读Gulp! Gulp! | 咕咚！咕咚！
A young man in New York, terrified of cockroaches, buys a gecko as a natural solution. The gecko ...
26 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Kangaroos and the Cage | 袋鼠与笼子
Zookeepers repeatedly raise a cage's height to contain escaping kangaroos, only to realize the tr...
35 阅读The Four in the Library | 图书馆里的四个家伙
A first-year student at St. Montague's reluctantly shares the library fireplace with three arroga...
35 阅读A Handful of Clay | 一撮黏土
A handful of common clay dreams of glory but endures a harsh journey of being shaped, fired, and ...
31 阅读The Violin Deal | 小提琴交易
A girl's persistent request for violin lessons leads her father to a clever financial scheme, rev...
25 阅读I Wish I Could Give Him This Beautiful Moon | 我愿赠他这轮明月
A Zen master, finding nothing to steal in his hut, offers his clothes to a bewildered thief. Sitt...
31 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...
36 阅读Always Sitting Behind You | 总是坐在你身后
A man on Mr. Smith's daily train commute points out the monotony of his routine, only to reveal t...
32 阅读The Thief and His Mother | 小偷与母亲
A condemned thief bites his mother's ear, blaming her permissive attitude towards his childhood t...
33 阅读Consultation Fee | 咨询费
A butcher gets a lawyer to pay for meat stolen by his unleashed dog, only to later receive an inv...
33 阅读The Half-Wit's Choice | 傻子的选择
A man considered foolish always chooses a nickel over a dime. When advised to pick the more valua...
33 阅读Wit Wins Breakfast | 机智赢得早餐
A poor man, Pat, risks trespassing to hunt for food in a lord's woods. When caught, he cleverly m...
28 阅读The Big Oven | 大火炉
A man wastes all his resources trying to heat a faulty oven, ignoring sensible advice to fix it, ...
29 阅读The Cobbler and the Banker | 鞋匠与银行家
A contented, singing cobbler receives a large sum of money from his wealthy but sleepless banker ...
31 阅读Uncle Sam and the Farmer | 山姆大叔与农夫
Uncle Sam looks down on farmers as foolish. When a farmer asks for directions, Sam gives a rude a...
36 阅读The Parable of the Pencil | 铅笔的寓言
A pencil maker shares five life lessons with a pencil before sending it into the world, which are...
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