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• 1.The Donkey in the Lion's Skin
• A donkey once found a lion's skin．He dressed himself up in it and began to run about in the village，frightening everyone he met．Men，women，animals...
• 2.Ineffectual Aid
• Duke Mu of the state of Lu sent his sons to the states of Jin and Chu to occupy high positions in their governments．His minister Li Chu said，If your...
• 3.The Miser
• A miser，to make sure the safety of his property，sold all that he had and converted it into a great lump of gold，which he hid in a hole under the gr...
• 4.The Country Girl and the Milk Pail
• A country girl was walking to the market one day，carrying a pail of milk on her head．As she walked along she began to daydream．When I have sold the...
• 5.The Son and the Neighbour
• In the state of Song lived a rich man．A heavy downpour caused the wall of his house to crumble．If the wall is not mended，pointed out his son，we'll...
• 6.The Fox in the lce
• Very early one winter morning，during a hard frost， a fox was drinking at an ice－hole， not far from the haunts of men．Meanwhile，whether by pure a...
• 7.The Stag and the Hedgehog
• A stag and a hedgehog once bought a field of wheat together，hoping to grow enough food to keep them through the Winter．All went well until the wheat...
• 8.A Change of Colour
• Yang Zhu，a famous philosopher，had a younger brother named Yang Bu，who went out dressed in white one day．It began to rain so Yang Bu took off his w...
• 9.The Boy and the Nettle
• A boy playing in the fields got stung by a nettle．He ran home to his mother，telling her that he had but touched that nasty weed，and it had stung hi...
• 10.The Sick Lion
• An old lion lay ill in his den．All the animals came to visit him，but none of them could do anything for him and every day he grew weaker and weaker...