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A snowdrop flower lies dormant in its bulb during winter, yearning for summer. It pushes through the snow, becoming the first flower of the season, praised by the sunbeams. Despite harsh weather and doubts, it perseveres, encouraged by the words of children. The flower is plucked, cherished by a girl, and later placed in a letter. It is cast aside when the relationship ends. Years later, a reader...

In the early world, there was only daylight, which sickened the daughter of the Great Sea Serpent. Her husband sent three servants to retrieve night from the Sea Serpent's kingdom, with instructions not to open the bag until his daughter was present. However, the servants, frightened by the noises inside, opened the bag prematurely, releasing night into the world. The princess, refreshed by the ni...

The Nome King, known for his bad temper, smashes Tiktok, the Clockwork Man, into pieces. Realizing his mistake and fearing Ozma's wrath, he hides. Kaliko, the Chief Steward, rebuilds Tiktok. When the King sees Tiktok, he's terrified, thinking he's a ghost. After discovering Tiktok is real, the King apologizes, promises jewels to Ozma, and resolves not to get angry "unless something annoys" him. Be...

Upstream and Downstream are two neighbors with contrasting personalities. Downstream, a kind and generous man, adopts a magical dog that leads him to a pot of gold. Upstream, consumed by jealousy, borrows the dog but mistreats it, leading to misfortune and the dog's death. From the tree that grows on the dog's grave, Downstream creates a mortar that doubles rice, until Upstream destroys it. Downst...

A dying king sends his three sons to find the Water of Life. The older sons are rude to a dwarf and fail, but the youngest is kind and receives help. He obtains the water and saves three kingdoms using gifts from the dwarf. His jealous brothers steal the water, replace it with seawater, and claim credit. The youngest son is ordered to be killed but is spared by a kind hunter. Eventually, the king...

The Rain Elf children are allowed to play on Earth, delighting the thirsty flowers. Greedy for more, the flowers ask the Wind Witch to keep the Rain Elves. She tricks the Rain Elves into leaving their cloud homes, causing a torrential downpour that damages the garden. The flowers realize the Wind Witch's trickery and regret their greediness. The Sun Man drives away the Wind Witch and, they all lea...

Bluebeard, a wealthy but ugly man, marries a young woman, but he gives her keys to all rooms in his mansion except one, forbidding her to enter it. Overcome with curiosity, she disobeys and discovers the bodies of his previous wives in the forbidden room. Bluebeard returns unexpectedly, finds out she entered the room, and threatens to kill her. However, her brothers arrive and kill Bluebeard inste...

Four brothers learn unique skills: thievery, stargazing, hunting, and needlework. They reunite after four years, showcase their talents, and decide to rescue a princess kidnapped by a dragon. The stargazer locates her, the thief steals her from under the dragon, the hunter shoots the dragon, and the needleworker repairs their shattered ship. Unable to decide who deserves the princess, the king rew...

Queen Blossom and her nymphs seek to end King Frost's war against flowers. Star, the lady-in-waiting, offers to show King Frost love and transform his realm. Imprisoned by the King, Star creates a magical garden in her cell, impressing the Frost Spirits. The Nymph army, led by General Zon, battles the Frost King's forces but is forced to retreat. However, instead of continuing the war, they decide...

Count Siegfried's wife, Genevieve, is falsely accused of disloyalty by the jealous Knight Golo while Siegfried is at war. Golo imprisons her and orders her execution, but the sympathetic executioners spare her life. Genevieve raises her son, Schmerzenreich, in a forest cave, sustained by a deer's milk. Years later, Siegfried discovers Golo's deceit, forgives him, and goes hunting, where he encount...

A stubborn captain, determined to sail despite a raging storm and it being Easter, defies warnings and sets off, uttering that he'll sail until eternity if necessary. As the ship leaves the harbor, it transforms into a ghost ship with fiery red sails, and the crew is never seen moving again. The ship becomes known as the Flying Dutchman. Sightings of the ship are reported near the Cape of Good Hop...

Woe, a thoughtful boy living on a farm with his father Yin, encounters the Yellow Dragon, who is the spirit of storms, and his four wind servants. The dragon promises to return, and Woe notices unusual details about the visitors. When a violent storm hits, only Yin's farm is spared. The Dragon gifts Woe a magical scale that brings luck. The Emperor invites them to the palace after hearing about th...

This story follows the contrasting fates of three frog siblings. Hop leaves home seeking adventure, but encounters dangers like carts, a cat, and a snake, leading to his demise. Croak, vain and proud of his singing, is captured, mistreated, and eventually killed when he's mistaken as food for an old gentleman. Splash, kind and content, stays home, helping others. Her good nature and helpfulness im...

Little Bo-Peep, a young shepherdess, loses her sheep after a strange old woman distracts her and tricks her into believing they will return wagging their tails. Bo-Peep later finds the sheep tailless, leading her on a quest to recover them. She discovers a bunch of tails drying on a tree and tries to sew them back onto her sheep. The old woman reveals that the tails actually belong to cats and tea...

Batcha, a shepherd, witnesses snakes entering a secret cave by using a special leaf. He follows them but gets trapped. The snake king releases him under a triple oath of secrecy. Returning home in spring instead of autumn, Batcha faces his wife's anger for his absence. When a wizard demands to know his whereabouts, Batcha breaks his oath. As punishment, the wizard transforms the snake king into a...

A queen, nearing death, is told that the world's most beautiful rose will save her. Roses are brought from far and wide, each beautiful in its own way: a baby's cheek, a mother's devotion, a child's baptism. However, none possesses the ultimate beauty. Finally, the queen's son reads a story of selfless sacrifice, and upon hearing it, a rose-like color blooms on her cheeks and light enters her eyes...

Ozma discovers two lost children in her Magic Picture and sends Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse to rescue them. They find the children imprisoned by the King of the Squirrels for stealing nuts. Jack frees them, but a falling limb smashes his pumpkin head. The Sawhorse carries Jack's headless body and the children, but they become lost again. Ozma sends the Wizard, riding the Cowardly Lion, to th...

Lily is blown away by a red umbrella and lands in the Candy Country, where everything is made of candy. She enjoys the novelty for a while but tires of the constant sweetness and runs away. She arrives in Cake-land, where she meets Ginger Snap, who cooks gingerbread. Ginger Snap dreams of ascending to Bread-land. Lily learns to bake gingerbread and is rewarded with a sugar-gingerbread recipe book....

Bird Brown-Breast and his mate discover a white egg with a golden band in their nest, from which Little Bud, a human girl, emerges. Bud becomes the joy of the forest, befriending two exiled Elves longing to return to Fairy-Land. Bud journeys to Queen Dew-Drop, who decrees the Elves must create perfect garments to regain their status. The Elves struggle, but Bud's kindness inspires them to perform...

A proud little lamb, full of confidence, encounters a toad who claims he can pull him into the sea. The lamb dismisses it, but the toad, with the help of a whale, easily drags him to the water's edge. Humbled, the lamb becomes more meek. Later, the toad proposes a race, but again uses trickery, stationing his family along the route to answer the lamb's calls, making it seem the toad is always clos...

Isabella, disguised as "Florian," takes on a male identity to find work and becomes an esquire, eventually falling in love with Prince Florizel. When an enchanted flower and dagger threaten the prince, Florian's magical necklace protects him, but the evil witch kidnaps Florizel, turning his company to stone and transporting them to a faraway land. Guided by a magical sphere, Florian finds the witc...

A king's extravagant spending leaves his 10-year-old son with a bankrupt kingdom. To restore the treasury, the chief counselor proposes auctioning the boy king off in marriage. The auction attracts wealthy but unattractive women. Distraught, the king finds a magical book in his bed, revealing a Slave of the Royal Bedstead. The Slave provides a purse that always contains a quarter and advises the k...

A king's eleven sons are turned into swans by their evil stepmother, and his daughter, Elize, is sent away. Determined to break the curse, Elize seeks her brothers and learns in a dream that she must knit eleven shirts from nettles, remaining silent throughout the process, or her brothers will die. She perseveres despite the pain and isolation, but is discovered by a king who, fearing she's a witc...

Long ago, a witch in disguise as an old woman tricks a count's son into carrying her heavy load, rewarding him with a box containing an emerald. He learns from the Queen of a princess banished for comparing her love to salt. Recognizing a pearl from the box as the princess's tear, the count seeks her out, finding her working as a gooseherd and discovering she is the beautiful girl who removes a di...

It's Eeyore's birthday, but he's feeling glum because no one seems to have noticed. Pooh and Piglet decide to get him presents to cheer him up. Pooh sets out with a jar of honey, but eats it along the way, so he asks Owl to write "A Happy Birthday" on the empty pot. Piglet brings a balloon, but it pops on his way to Eeyore. Despite the mishaps, Eeyore is delighted with both presents: he can use th...