A rooster with a magic stomach retrieves the diamond button which was stolen from him by a greedy king.

Worried that Little Boy will be frightened if she fails to return home before dark, an old woman enlists the aid of some passing animals to coax her new pig across the bridge.

An old woman complains about all the housework she has to do, but when some fairies come to help her she finds that they are more trouble than they are worth.

An old man and old woman throw their dinner leftovers unknowingly onto the tiny house of a little man and his wife.

Tough Tug is a brand-new boat. He likes to swirl and twirl and run and race. He wants everyone to see what he can do. But on his first tow job to Alaska, he finds out what being a tug really means and learns an important lesson in the rough seas. Based on a true incident in which an Alaskan tug cut loose its own barge to rush to the rescue of the foundering tug of another tugboat company.

A cumulative tale from Chile that begins with a hen and ends with sixteen different animals and a guitar.

A magical boy grants a poor flower-seller's every wish until the greedy and ungrateful man grows tired of the boy's unpleasant behavior and sends him away.

Presents twenty-five variants of the Tom Thumb tale from around the world.