狐入瓶

万村石家的妇人被狐所祟，厌恶它却无法驱遣。门后有个瓶，每当听到妇人的公公来，狐就逃躲藏在其中。妇人窥察得很熟，暗记在心里而不说。一天狐窜进去，妇人急忙用棉絮塞住瓶口，放在锅中，烧汤煮沸。瓶热，狐呼喊道：“热得很！不要恶作剧。”妇人不说话，它号得更急，久之没有声音。拔开塞子验证，只有毛一堆，血几点罢了。

The wife of the Shi family of Wan Village was haunted by a fox and, detesting it, could not get rid of it. Behind the door stood a jar, and whenever the woman heard her father-in-law coming, the fox would flee and hide inside it. The woman had observed this well and, keeping the knowledge to herself, said nothing. One day the fox slipped in, and the woman at once stuffed the mouth of the jar with wadding, set it in a cauldron, and boiled up scalding water. As the jar grew hot, the fox cried out, "It is burning hot! Do not play this cruel trick!" The woman was silent. It cried more and more urgently, until at last all was still. Drawing the stopper and examining, she found only a heap of fur and a few drops of blood.