14-11-19 A young doctor had moved out to a small community to replace a doctor who was retiring. The older gent suggested the young one accompany him on his rounds so the community could become used to the new doctor. At the first house a woman complained, I...

14-11-13 Jem was twelve. He was difficult to live with, inconsistent, moody. His appetite wasappalling, and he told me so many times to stop pestering him I consulted Atticus: Reckon he's got a tapeworm? Atticus said no, Jem was growing. I must be patient wi...

14-11-13 My nagging got the better of Jem eventually, as I knew it would, and to my relief weslowed down the game for a while. He still maintained, however, that Atticus hadn't saidwe couldn't, therefore we could; and if Atticus ever said we couldn't, Jem ha...

14-11-13 The remainder of my schooldays were no more auspicious than the first. Indeed, theywere an endless Project that slowly evolved into a Unit, in which miles of constructionpaper and wax crayon were expended by the State of Alabama in its well-meaning...

14-11-13 When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it healed, and Jem's fears of never being able to play football were assuaged, hewas seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat shorter th...

14-11-05 Wan Dan heard of his friend's death, and went to express his condolence with a heavy heart. Many people came and went, and it was crowded in the friend's house, the celebrated knight-errant, Chen Zun, was also among the condolence procession, as he...

14-10-28 A man once caught a weasel, which was always sneaking about the house, and was just going to drown it in a tub of water, when it begged hard for its life, and said to him, Surely you haven't the heart to put me to death? Think how useful I have been...

14-10-22 A blonde, wanting to earn some extra money, decided to hire herself out as a handy-woman and started canvassing a nearby well-to-do neighborhood. She went to the front door of the first house, and asked the owner if he had any odd jobs for her to do...

14-10-21 There was a person of the state of Chu who feared ghosts very much. After knowing this, a thief climbed on the top of wall of his yard, and mimicked the sound of ghost. He was very happy to find the host didn't dare to look out and was afraid of gho...

14-10-14 Being of service, to your need. 任你差遣，听你所需。 I want her to stop acting so superior to me. 我想让她停止对我指手画脚。（我希望能改变她那总高高在上的样子。） I don't have a filter when I talk. 我讲话总是口无遮拦。 You're the mighty oak that hol...