short-story
1436 篇The Best Stimulant | 最佳兴奋剂
A patient asks his doctor for a stimulant to feel excited and combative. The doctor humorously as...
30 阅读Sleeping Pills | 安眠药
A man takes strong sleeping pills on Sunday, sleeps well, and proudly tells his boss he had no tr...
27 阅读Doctor Swift and the Boy | 斯威夫特博士与小厮
Dr. Swift teaches a rude delivery boy a polite lesson by role-playing the proper way to present a...
26 阅读Who Is More Satisfied? | 谁更满足？
A thought-provoking comparison suggests that the person with six children is more satisfied than ...
35 阅读Be Careful What You Wish For | 慎重许愿
A fairy grants a loving couple one wish each on their birthday. The wife wishes for world travel ...
28 阅读The Cemetery Shortcut | 墓地捷径
Two men taking a shortcut through a cemetery on Halloween night are terrified by a tapping sound,...
25 阅读Nothing | 没什么
A man repeatedly asks a hotel servant for glasses of water late at night. After half an hour, the...
22 阅读The Polite Excuse | 礼貌的托辞
A man shares a clever social strategy with his friend: by putting on outdoor attire before answer...
31 阅读Friend for Dinner | 请朋友吃饭
A husband invites a friend for dinner despite the messy house and unprepared wife, explaining his...
30 阅读I'll See to the Rest | 其余的事由我负责
A train guard urges a girl to close the carriage door so the train can depart. When she explains ...
32 阅读Why Is He Howling? | 他为何喊叫？
A humorous dialogue at the dentist's office reveals the patient's howling is not due to dental wo...
28 阅读The Talking Dog's Baseball Quiz | 会说话的狗与棒球问答
A man tries to win a bet by proving his dog can talk, using simple wordplay questions. The punchl...
28 阅读The Talking Dog For Sale | 会说话的狗出售
A man finds a Labrador that claims to be a retired CIA spy, only to learn from its owner that the...
28 阅读The Parrot | 鹦鹉
A talkative parrot, threatened with being sent to the zoo if it embarrasses its owners again, can...
29 阅读The Preacher and the Parrot | 传教士与鹦鹉
A preacher is assured by a shopkeeper that a parrot is religious and can recite prayers via strin...
16 阅读The Cross-eyed Rottweiler | 斗鸡眼罗威纳犬
A man brings his cross-eyed Rottweiler to the vet, concerned about its eyes. The vet's alarming s...
33 阅读The Unburied Cat | 未被埋葬的猫
A man's dog brings home the neighbor's dead cat. He secretly cleans and returns it to the porch, ...
30 阅读The Golfer and the Anthill | 高尔夫球手与蚁丘
A golfer stubbornly tries to hit his ball from an anthill, causing chaos for the ants. After two ...
24 阅读Ambitious Mother | 雄心勃勃的母亲
A man brings a piano-playing dog to a bar, but the dog's ambitious mother drags it away, wanting ...
34 阅读The Thesis Advisor | 论文导师
A rabbit writing a thesis on how rabbits eat predators lures a fox and a wolf into its burrow, wh...
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