1．The Changjiang River 1
2．The Huanghe River 4
3．A Lesson for Mencius 7
4．A Raincoat from Premier Zhou 10
5．Cao Chong Weighed an Elephant 13
6．Zengzi Taught His Son 16
7．A Fool Bought Shoes 19
8．Kong Rong Gave Away Bigger Pears 22
9．A Story about Sima Guang 25
10．Fishing Out the Moon 28
11．The Fox and the Crow 31
12．A Little Elephant 34
13．The River and the Rock 37
14．Making His Mark 40
15．A Poor Little Bird 43
16．Lord Ye's Love of Dragons 46
17．The Tiger and the Fox 49
18．Mr．Fool Wanted to Move the Mountain 52
19．The Blind Men and an Elephant 55
20．Playing the Lute to a Cow 58
21．Four in the Morning and Three in the Evening 61
22．Plugging One's Ears While Stealing a Bell 64
23．Drawing a Snake and Adding Feet 67
24．Pulling Up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow 70
25．A Magic Paintbrush 73
26．Mao Sui Recommended HimseIf 76
27．Wen Tong Had the Whole Bamboo in His Mind 79
28．The Frog in a Shallow Well 82
29．Waiting for the Rabbit to Crash to the Tree 85
30．Three Moves of Mencius's Mother 88
31．The Mouse Daughter's Wedding 91
32．Being There Just to Make Up the Number 94
33．A Bird Startled by the Mere Twang of a Bowstring 97
34．Giving the Wrong-doer a Way Out 100
35．Showing Off 103
36．In Need of Help 106
37．Smoking Mosquitoes Out 109
38．Life Is by No Means Valuable 112
39．How Did the Dog Become a Domestic Animal 115
40．The Tragedy of the Fox 118
41．The Snail and the Ants 121
42．The Meeting of the Rats 124
43．Grinding the Iron Rod Down to a Needle 127
44．Punishing a Grandson 130
45．An Arranged Marriage 133
46．However Long the Whip Is,It Can't Reach the Stomach of the Horse 136
47．More Than Sutficient 139
48．All Its Tricks Exhausted 141
49．Pan Gu Created the World 144
50．Yu the Great Controlled the Floods 147
Key to the Exercises 150
Vocabulary 155
Postscript 190