short-story
1436 篇Where Is the Father? | 父亲在哪儿？
Two brothers admire paintings featuring only mothers and children, prompting the younger to ask a...
32 阅读They Are All the Same Size | 它们都一样大
A boy in a seldom-visited country home tries to serve apple pie to his father's guests, only to s...
33 阅读Etiquette Lesson | 礼仪课
A teacher in an etiquette class asks students how to politely excuse themselves during a formal d...
23 阅读Swearing Lesson | 脏话课
Two young brothers attempt their first swear words at breakfast, with comically disastrous result...
22 阅读The Mortgage Burden | 房贷的负担
A boy misunderstands his parents' private conversation about "pulling out" as them abandoning the...
32 阅读But the Teacher Cried | 可是老师哭了
A spoiled six-year-old boy, accustomed to getting his way through tantrums, reports back after hi...
31 阅读It's Not My Fault | 不是我的错
A little girl cleverly deflects blame when scolded for pulling the cat's tail, claiming she is me...
33 阅读Obsessions | 执念
A psychiatrist points out three mothers' obsessions through their children's names, leading the f...
28 阅读Fried Chicken | 喜欢炸鸡
A student humorously answers "fried chicken" when asked about his favorite bird in class. | 课堂上，当...
32 阅读Needles Are Not Nice | 打针一点也不好玩
Two boys at a clinic misunderstand medical procedures. Bill cries because his finger was pricked ...
30 阅读The Swimmer | 游泳者
A teacher shares a story about a man swimming across a river three times before breakfast, prompt...
28 阅读Is Ink So Expensive? | 墨水很贵吗？
A son asks his father if ink is expensive, based on his mother's reaction to a spill on the carpe...
26 阅读It's His Fault | 是他的错
Billy blames his brother Bobby for breaking a window after ducking a stone Billy threw at him. | ...
24 阅读You're Adopted | 你被收养了
A son is shocked to learn he is adopted, only to be told by his biological parents that he must l...
21 阅读How Gentlemen Do It | 绅士之道
A young boy is told that a gentleman always gives the bigger piece of cake to others. He cleverly...
22 阅读What Does Your Daddy Do? | 你爸爸是做什么的？
A teacher is shocked when a student describes his father's job as involving crime and drinking. A...
28 阅读A Period | 一个句号
A kindergartener's literal interpretation of a "period" leads to a darkly humorous misunderstandi...
26 阅读Don't Be Selfish | 别太自私
A mother tells her son not to be selfish and to share his bicycle with his younger brother. The s...
38 阅读Climb the Walls | 心急如焚
A little boy misunderstands his father's idiom "climb the walls" as a literal trick, eagerly anti...
24 阅读Name That Animal | 猜动物游戏
A first-grade class plays a guessing game where a student's literal interpretation of a hint abou...
29 阅读我的生词本
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