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• 1.The Thief and His Mother
• A schoolboy stole a book from one of his school-fellows，and brought it home to his mother．Instead of chastising him，she rather encouraged him in th...
• 2.The Two Cocks
• Two cocks once fought to decide who should be the king of the farmyard．After a long，hard struggle one cock could fight no more．He crept into the da...
• 3.An Example to Follow
• As Zengzi's wife set off for the market，her little son followed her crying．Go home．she said to the boy，When I come back，I'll kill the pig for you...
• 4.The Thief and the Dog
• A thief coming to steal from a house wanted to stop the barking of a dog by throwing a loaf of bread to him．Away with you！said the dog，I had my sus...
• 5.The Eagle and the Raven
• An eagle was trying to break up a nut in his beak when a raven landed on a branch beside him．The raven eyed the nut hopefully．You'll never break it ...
• 6.Buying Shoes
• A man of the state of Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes．He measured his feet and put the measurement on a chair．When he set out for the market he ...
• 7.The Rich Man and the Tanner
• A rich man lived near a tanner， and not liking the unpleasant smell of the tan－yard，he pressed his neighbour to move． The tanner put off his depar...
• 8.The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
• once upon a time a country mouse invited his cousin，a townmouse，to stay with him for a few days．The country mouse lived alone under a hedge in the ...
• 9.Safety in Numbers
• Whenever King Xuan of the state of Qi ordered his musicians to play yu，an ancient wind instrument consisting of reed pipes，he al－ways insisted on t...
• 10.The Raven and the Swan
• A raven envied a swan the whiteness of her plumage；and，thinking that her beauty was owing to the water in which she lived，deserted the altars where...