• Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 9

    15-10-13 During the next fortnight a great deal happened. The feud between U Po Kyin and Dr Veraswami was now in full swing. The whole town was divided into two factions, with every native soul from the magistrates down to the bazaar sweepers enrolled on one...

  • 狗阻告状

    15-09-29 In a village, a dog often shitted by the side of a well. Several tens of families in the whole village drew water from the well. They all hated the dog, and wanted to tell its master to have it kept under control. But whenever the people who wanted...

  • 英国裸体村首度公开生活照

    14-12-05 It appears to be like any other commuter village. But among the cluster of well-kept houses and community centres lies a group of residents living life a little differently. 这个小村庄,表面看起来与其他的村庄并无两样。但是,在这一座座保存完好的住宅...

  • 李克强参观网店之村

    14-11-20 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has made a stop in a village in eastern China renowned for being home to numerous online shops. 中国总理李克强在中国东部某村庄做短暂停留,该村因开办了无数的网店而闻名。 Chinese Premier Le Keqiang is surrounded by villagers...

  • 束媪乞火

    14-09-29 There was a daughter-in-law who liked by the old women in the village. One night, a piece of meat was missing from the daughter-in-law's home, and her mother-in-law suspected that she had stolen it. So he decided to drive her out to her mother's hom...

  • Identification 身份证明

    14-07-30 A man went to the village post office to fetch a registered letter. The clerk refused to hand the letter over because he had no means of identification. The man took a photograph of himself from his pocket to show it to the clerk and said: I think t...

  • Clamor

    14-02-26 Clamor Nick Norwood The mill's non-stop noise, a whir and a clangor(叮当声) , follows him home, over the bridge and up the hill, while at his back it goes on wheezing, chuffing lint through manifold(多方面的) windows, into the village with the l...

  • Arachne

    13-12-05 Arachne lived in a small village on the shores of the Mediterranean. Her parents were very poor. While her mother was busy cooking the simple meals for the family, or working in the fields, Arachne used to spin all day long Her wheel made a steady w...

  • 牧童和狼

    13-11-29 A Shepherd-boy, who tended his flock not far from a village, used to amuse himself at times in crying out Wolf! Wolf! Twice or thrice his trick succeeded. The whole village came running out to his assistance when all the return they got was to be la...

  • The Little Peasant

    13-11-21 There was a certain village wherein no one lived but really rich peasants, and just one poor one, whom they called the little peasant. He had not even so much as a cow, and still less money to buy one, and yet he and his wife did so wish to have one...