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  • Amiable Ape | Animal Stories

    Amiable Ape | Animal Stories
    2025/04/22
    This short story features Funny Fox visiting the Amiable Ape, a barber, for a haircut. The Ape distracts the Fox with a picture of the Lion King, and while the Fox is admiring it, the Ape shaves off almost all his fur, leaving only his tail and toes furry. Although angry at the trick, the Fox tries to be philosophical, remembering "half a loaf is better than no bread." The story is then abruptly interrupted by Bold Badger suggesting they all go ice skating. For parents and teachers, this tale illustrates the importance of paying attention, the consequences of distraction, and how unexpected situations (like a friend's prank or an abrupt change of topic) can occur.
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    2 分
  • The Fir Tree | Christmas Stories

    The Fir Tree | Christmas Stories
    2025/04/22
    This story follows a young fir tree who is always unhappy with his present situation, constantly longing to grow bigger and experience something grander than his peaceful life in the forest. He gets his wish when chosen as a Christmas tree, experiencing brief glory before being relegated to a dark attic and eventually discarded outside, withered and useless. Only then does he realize he wasted his life wishing it away instead of appreciating the simple joys of his youth and surroundings, serving as a cautionary tale about the importance of cherishing the present moment.
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    9 分
  • Rabbit Has a Busy Day, and We Learn What Christopher Robin Does in the Mornings | Pooh Stories

    Rabbit Has a Busy Day, and We Learn What Christopher Robin Does in the Mornings | Pooh Stories
    2025/04/22
    On a day Rabbit feels particularly important, he discovers Christopher Robin is absent, leaving behind a misspelled note: "GON OUT BACKSON BISY BACKSON." Rabbit, along with the equally baffled Owl, hilariously misinterprets this, believing Christopher Robin is busy with a mysterious creature called a "Backson." Their amusing attempts to solve the mystery lead them to Pooh and eventually Eeyore, who reveals the simple truth: Christopher Robin is now spending his mornings getting an "Education." The story humorously showcases the animals' charming misunderstandings as they grapple with their friend growing up and starting to learn formal lessons.
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    18 分
  • Uncle Wiggily And The Croquet Ball | Howard R. Garis Stories

    Uncle Wiggily And The Croquet Ball | Howard R. Garis Stories
    2025/04/22
    In this story, Uncle Wiggily the rabbit carries two magic bottles from Alice in Wonderland: one that makes things larger and one that makes them smaller. He first uses them experimentally to help a tiny Lady Bug become a more noticeable size, eventually getting it just right after making her too big and then too small. Later, while playing croquet with Alice and the Queen of Hearts, the Queen hits the ball so hard it breaks the enlarging bottle in Uncle Wiggily's pocket, causing the croquet ball to grow enormous and chase him. Following Alice's quick thinking, Uncle Wiggily splashes the shrinking water on the giant ball, reducing it to a harmless marble and saving the day.
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    5 分
  • Uncle Wiggily And Ding-Dong Kitty | Animal Stories

    Uncle Wiggily And Ding-Dong Kitty | Animal Stories
    2025/04/22
    When Kitty Mew goes missing after running an errand for a yeast cake, a worried Mother Goose and her friends ask the kind rabbit, Uncle Wiggily, for help. Uncle Wiggily searches and eventually discovers Kitty trapped down an old well, where she explains she accidentally fell in but was kept afloat by the buoyant yeast cake. Demonstrating resourcefulness, Uncle Wiggily uses a grapevine as a rope to rescue the kitten, resolving the situation happily and cleverly referencing the "Ding-dong bell" nursery rhyme about a cat in a well.
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    8 分
  • Uncle Wiggily And The Puppy | Animal Stories

    Uncle Wiggily And The Puppy | Animal Stories
    2025/04/22
    In this imaginative tale, the kind rabbit Uncle Wiggily visits the Bow Wow family to meet their tiny new puppy, Wuff-Wuff, and volunteers to babysit when Mrs. Bow Wow needs to help a friend. While Uncle Wiggily is watching the puppy, the fearsome skillery-scalery alligator arrives, trapping the rabbit. In a moment of panic while trying to feed the hungry puppy, Uncle Wiggily accidentally gives him magical growing water (a leftover from Alice in Wonderland) instead of milk. Wuff-Wuff instantly grows enormous, terrifying the alligator into fleeing, after which Uncle Wiggily uses corresponding shrinking water to return the heroic puppy safely to his normal size, demonstrating quick thinking and a touch of whimsical problem-solving in the face of danger.
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    6 分
  • Princess Cantilla | Fairy Tales

    Princess Cantilla | Fairy Tales
    2025/04/21
    Princess Cantilla, living in poverty with her father in a ruined castle, is approached by an ugly enchanted dwarf who offers to magically restore their wealth and home if she agrees to marry him. After the dwarf temporarily transforms the castle, showing Cantilla the luxury and her father's renewed happiness, she selflessly agrees to the marriage out of love for her father, despite her repulsion. Following a strange wedding ceremony officiated by Neptune, the God of the Sea, her act of consent breaks the curse on the dwarf, transforming him into a handsome prince, leading to a happy ending where they return to the permanently restored castle.
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    16 分
  • Uncle Wiggily And The Pine Tree | Funny Stories

    Uncle Wiggily And The Pine Tree | Funny Stories
    2025/04/21
    In this story, the kind rabbit Uncle Wiggily Longears sets out to deliver an apple dumpling to Grandpa Goosey Gander. Along the way, he observes a woodpecker tapping a pine tree for its sticky sap. Soon after, he encounters a bad Bear who threatens to eat him. Uncle Wiggily offers the dumpling, which the Bear eats while leaning against the pine tree. Fortunately, the sticky sap from the woodpecker's holes traps the Bear's fur, allowing Uncle Wiggily to escape safely, thankful for the pine tree's unexpected help.
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    8 分