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日期：2015-08-12 since his horse refused to go forward, a traveler in the state of song drove it into a stream, then mounted to set off again. still the horse refused to go, and he punished it once more in the same way. this happened three times in all. even the mos... 阅读全文>> 日期：2015-08-12 the lark, according to an ancient legend, was created before the earth, she could find for her no place of burial. she left her mother lying for five days. on the sixth day, she had no way out and bury her mother in her own head. so she got her cres... 日期：2015-08-07 there was a treasure mountain on the sea, where there were many, many rare treasures shining with brilliant light and dazzling the eyes. a seaman got a pearl of 1 can (1/30 metre) in diameter, which glistened brightly. he took a ship to take it home... 日期：2015-08-07 in ancient times, a man surnamed dong in the state of wei was interested in nothing but keeping cats. he kept over 100 cats in his home, which caught and ate all the rats in the house. later, as there were no more rats, the cats were so hungry that... 日期：2015-08-07 a civilian named shentu dun in luoyang obtained an unearthed tripod of the han dynasty from shenchuan, chang'an. on the tripod, the crisscross designs of clouds and ancient hornless dragons were bright and clear. lu sheng, his neighbour on the west,... 日期：2015-07-16 one day a man walking on the road met a celestial, who happened to be an old friend of his. seeing that his life was hard, the celestial pointed with his finger at a brick on the roadside, which turned into a gold brick at once. and he gave it to th... 日期：2015-07-06 a little bird fly to south for the winter. it was very cold, almost frozen bird. hence, fly to a large space, after a cow there, in a pile of cow dung upon the bird, frozen bird lying on the dunghill, feel very warm, gradually recovered, it is warm... 日期：2015-06-09 lion was awakened from sleep by a mouse running over his face. rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the mouse piteously entreated, saying: if you would only spare my life, i would be sure to repay your kindness. the lion... 日期：2015-06-09 an ass having heard some grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. they replied, the dew. the ass resolved that he wo... 日期：2015-06-09 a man and his wife had the good fortune to possess a goose which laid a golden egg every day. lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough, and imagining the bird must be made of gold inside, they decided t... 日期：2015-06-04 once upon a time, there was a young girl wearing girl wearing a strand of precious pearls around her neck and a jade loop around her waist, and carrying a great deal of gold with her. one day, while walking in the hills, she encountered a bandit and... 日期：2015-05-25 there was once a charcoal-burner who lived and worked by himself. a fuller, however, happened to come and settle in the same neighbourhood; and the charcoal-burner, having made his acquaintance and finding he was an agreeable sort of fellow, asked h... 日期：2015-05-25 when autumn came, all the water in the large and small rivers rose higher and flowed into the yellow river. the surface of the river at once appeared much wider. on one side of the bank, one couldn't see the cattle and sheep on the opposite side. th... 日期：2015-05-15 a spendthrift, who had wasted his fortune, and had nothing left but the clothes in which he stood, saw a swallow one fine day in early spring. thinking that summer had come, and that he could now do without his coat, he went and sold it for what it... 阅读全文>> 日期：2015-05-15 an ass and a fox went into partnership and sallied out to forage for food together. they hadn't gone far before they saw a lion coming their way, at which they were both dreadfully frightened. but the fox thought he saw a way of saving his own skin,... 阅读全文>> 日期：2015-04-07 a cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. ho! ho! quoth he, that's for me, and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. what did it turn out to be but a pearl that... 阅读全文>> 日期：2015-04-07 a man that had a very course voice, but an excellent musique-room, would be still practicing in that chamber, for the advantage of the echo. he took such a conceit upon that he must needs be showing his parts upon a public theatre, where he performe... 日期：2015-03-30 a fox and a monkey were on the road together, and fell into a dispute as to which of the two was the better born. they kept it up for some time, till they came to a place where the road passed through a cemetery full of monuments, when the monkey st... 日期：2015-03-30 a fir-tree was boasting to a bramble, and said, somewhat contemptuously, you poor creature, you are of no use whatever. now, look at me: i am useful for all sorts of things, particularly when men build houses; they can't do without me then. but the... 日期：2015-03-06 there was once a blind man who had so fine a sense of touch that, when any animal was put into his hands, he could tell what it was merely by the feel of it. one day the cub of a wolf was put into his hands, and he was asked what it was. he felt it... |
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