THE TWO JUGGLERS
September 30, 2019
One beautiful spring day two men strolled into the public square of a well-known Chinese city. They were plainly dressed…
THE PRINCESS KWAN-YIN
September 30, 2019
Once upon a time in China there lived a certain king who had three daughters. The fairest and best of…
THE NODDING TIGER
September 30, 2019
Just outside the walls of a Chinese city there lived a young woodcutter named T’ang and his old mother, a…
THE MAD GOOSE AND THE TIGER FOREST
September 30, 2019
Hu-lin was a little slave girl. She had been sold by her father when she was scarcely more than a…
THE TALKING FISH
September 30, 2019
Long, long before your great-grandfather was born there lived in the village of Everlasting Happiness two men called Li and…
THE WOLF AND THE FOX
September 29, 2019
A WOLF, once upon a time, caught a fox. It happened one day that they were both going through the…
THE FAIR CATHERINE AND PIF-PAF POLTRIE
September 29, 2019
GOOD day, Father Hollenthe. How do you do?” “Very well, I thank you, Pif-paf Poltrie.” “May I marry your daughter?” “Oh,…
THE STRAW THE COAL AND THE BEAN
September 29, 2019
ALL alone, in a quiet little village, lived a poor old woman. One day she had a dish of beans which…
THE SWEET SOUP
September 29, 2019
ONCE on a time there was a poor but very good little girl, who lived alone with her mother, and when…
THE CAT AND THE MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP
September 29, 2019
A CAT having made the acquaintance of a mouse, told her so much of the great love and affection that he…