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日期：2014-09-03 when the couple arrived in los angeles, the husband became fascinated by the plush（豪华的） casino and started betting on all the attractions. after four days, they had just two dollars left. let me go to the casino alone, the man told his wife. i... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-09-03 a mountain was once greatly agitated（焦虑，鼓动） . loud groans and noises were heard, and crowds of people came from all parts to see what was the matter. while they were assembled in anxious expectation of some terrible calamity, out came a mouse... 日期：2014-08-19 many ages had now passed away since the phoenix had been seen in the world. at last he again appeared. immediately al the different kinds of animals, both birds and beasts, flocked around him. astonished at his beauty, they stared and admired, and b... 日期：2014-08-13 a long time ago, there was a rich man whose foolishness knew no bounds（无限） . the fool visited another rich man's house and saw a magnificent three-storeyed building which was tall, spacious and bright. he was extremely envious and said to himsel... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-08-05 a man was about to go away on a long journey. he told his servant, you keep an eye on the gate and look after the donkey. after the master had left, the servant heard someone playing music in the neighborhood. unable to restrain himself, he wanted t... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-08-05 there was once a fool visited his friend. the host offered him some food which he found tasteless. when the master of the house heard him complain, he added some salt to the dish. the fool found the food now quite delicious. he thought, the food is... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-07-30 once there was a fool who was bald. some came along and hit his head with pears several times. although the assaults caused the fool to bleed, he quietly tolerated it and made no attempt to protect himself. someone who witnessed the incident asked,... 日期：2014-07-30 once there was a fellow desperately in need of water for his thirst. on seeing the blazing fog, he mistook it for water. he pursued it until he reached the indus river. but he only looked at it without drinking. a bystander asked, you are suffering... 日期：2014-07-21 the teacher asked her students in class: if there are five flies on your desk and you kill one, how many will remain? one, shouted a boy, the dead one. the teacher said: you should know that there are still four not dead. the boy replied: i know, bu... 日期：2014-07-21 a young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. she did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. she was tired of fighting and struggling. it seemed as one problem was solved, a n... 日期：2014-07-21 there was a rich merchant who had 4 wives. he loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes（长袍，礼服） and treated her to delicacies. he took great care of her and gave her nothing but the best. he also loved the 3rd wife very much.... 日期：2014-07-02 a man had two horses to carry loads for him. when they were working, the front horse went very well, but the rear one was very lazy. the man began to transfer its load onto the front horse. when he had transferred it all, the rear horse said to the... 日期：2014-07-02 a certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. she regretted immediately and would have done anything to have taken the words back. what she said hurt the friend so much that this good woman was herself hurt for... 日期：2014-07-02 there was a dense forest. and all the trees were straight and tall. their trunks were broad and shapely. but, there was one tree which had a crooked and shapeless trunk. the crooked trunk tree was sad. he thought, how ugly i am! all the others are s... 日期：2014-06-24 when confucius was traveling around all the states, he was once surrounded by crowds in chen cai district, and had not eaten a thing for seven days. yan hui managed to get some rice and cooked it in no time. when the rice was almost ready, confucius... 日期：2014-06-16 one day confucius was asked by one of his students, zi lu, is it right that i may just go and do it whenever i hear about something of significance? confucius answered, that is not the case! because you are needed in your home by your father and bro... 日期：2014-06-16 zeng zi was one of confucius' students. once, zeng zi's wife was going shopping. because the child was crying loudly, she promised the child that she would kill their pig to treat him after she returned home. after she returned, zeng zi captured to... 日期：2014-06-10 there was a farmer in africa who was happy and content. he was happy because he was content. he was content because he was happy. one day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along them. the wise ma... 日期：2014-06-10 a while back, there was a story about reuben gonzolas, who was in the final match of his first professional racquetball（回力网球） toumament at match point in the fifth and final game, gonzolas made a super kill shot into the front corner to win th... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-06-04 in ancient times, the people of the state of wu and the people of the state of yue had always been hostile to each other, which could be called feud（不和，争执） . but if they were on the same boat and encounter a storm, they would help each other... |
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