Collects traditional Chinese fables and tales about learning to sing, a grateful parrot, a stubborn traveler, and the noted expert on horses, Bole.

Xue Tan learns what it means to sing / illustrations by Liu She -- The parrot that put out a fire / illustrations by Ma Rujin -- Jiu Fanggao's eye for horses / illustrations by Liu She -- The wrong way / illustrations by Jiang Jianzhong -- Helped by an expert / illustrations by Zhang Peicheng.