Contents

Introduction

A Winged Steed

Shooting a Willow Leaf

Master Carpenter

Drawing New Faces

Nothing too Deceitful

A Donkey Receipt

A Lame Turtle's Conquest

The Sea and Land

City Gate Fire

Following the Track

Lips and Teeth

Following Good Advice

Insatiable Desire

Imitating Beauty

Cattle Music

Root Cause

Spilt Water

Mountains and Rivers

Dog's Tail

Learning to Walk

Tiger and Dog

Eyes of the Dragon

A Foot or Two Too Far

Chickens and Dogs

Wily hare

Impregnable City

A bag of schemes

Waterfront Towers

A Hesitant Move

A Lost Sword

Like a Cornered Animal

Phony Player

Horse Sense

A Mere Platitude

Forgetting One's Home

Gentleman on the Bean

Clean hands

Who will Take the Deer?

Paper Price Soars

A Town in a Rainy Day

Self-recommendation

Crowded Courtyard

To Please Both Sides

When Birds Are Gone

Brick and Jade

To Sink the Boats

Flags and Drums

Riding a Tiger

Going Astray

A Care-Laden Man

A Valuable Neighbour

The Guizhou Donkey

A Powerful Crossbow

Meteoric Rise

Hot Vat

No Enough Bamboo

A Great Place

A Lost Mare

Visiting the Thatched Cottage

Man-made Tigers

Dead Ashes Flare up

Mournful Songs

Tight-lipped

Hare-brained

Water Power

Water and Fire

Hook, line and Sinker

Life and Death

The Feeble Praying Mantis

A Cicada Story

An Escape-proof Net

A Heavenly Dress

Iron Rod and Needle

Spare the Rat

Jade Wise

Will-sapping Indulgence

Tending the flock

Imaginary Plums

A Pile of Eggs

Chicken Ribs

Before It Rains

Brushwood and Gall

Birds of a Feather

Cooking Beans

Bamboo Painting

Studying Hard

Stealing a Bell

Dragon Maniac

The First Song

Golden Promise

Jackals from the same Lair

A magic Leaf

Poisoned Wine

A Butcher's Cleaver

Foolish Old Man

Snipe and Clam

Mind Your Own Business

Spear and Shield

Monkey's nature

Let the Tiger Escape