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A Chinese Emperor, obsessed with the beauty of his palace, discovers that a nightingale's song is considered the most beautiful thing of all. He brings the nightingale to court, but when a mechanical bird arrives, he favors it over the real one, which flies away. When the mechanical bird breaks and the Emperor falls deathly ill, the nightingale returns and sings, charming Death away and restoring...

On a freezing New Year's Eve, a poor little girl is forced to sell matches in the street. Cold, hungry, and afraid to go home, she lights the matches for warmth, and each flame brings a vision of comfort and happiness: a warm stove, a Christmas feast, a beautiful tree, and finally, her beloved deceased grandmother. Desperate to hold onto the vision of her grandmother, she lights all the remaining...

Ali Baba, a poor woodcutter, discovers a secret cave used by forty thieves, opened by the magic words "Open Sesame." He takes some treasure, but his greedy brother Kassim, upon learning the secret, tries to take more but forgets the password and is killed by the thieves. Ali Baba retrieves his brother's body and, with the help of the clever maid Morgiana, covers up the murder. The thieves, realizi...

A miller boasts his daughter can spin straw into gold, leading the king to force her to perform the impossible task. A little man appears and spins the straw into gold in exchange for her necklace, ring and eventually her firstborn child when she becomes queen. When the time comes, the queen is distraught, and the little man allows her three days to guess his name, promising to relinquish the chil...

A king with twelve daughters, each with mysteriously worn-out shoes every morning, promises his kingdom to whoever can discover where they dance each night, with the penalty of death for failure. Many princes try and fail, until a clever, old soldier, with the help of an old woman, uses an invisibility cloak to follow the princesses. He discovers they travel to an underground world to dance with t...

A young mermaid princess longs for the human world and falls in love with a prince she rescues from a shipwreck. She makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her voice for legs, knowing she will suffer with every step and die if the prince marries another. Despite her devotion, the prince chooses to marry a princess he believes saved him before. Rather than kill the prince to save herself, the Littl...

"The Wizard of Oz" is a fantastical tale about Dorothy, a young girl whisked away from her Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz by a tornado. To return home, she must follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City and seek help from the great Wizard of Oz. Along her journey, she befriends a Scarecrow longing for a brain, a Tin Woodman yearning for a heart, and a Cowardly Lion in search of coura...

"Rapunzel" is a classic fairy tale about a woman who craves rapunzels from a witch's garden, leading her husband to promise their child to the witch in exchange for the plant. The witch names the girl Rapunzel and locks her in a tower, using her long hair to climb up. A prince discovers Rapunzel and plans to rescue her, but she accidentally reveals the prince's visits to the witch. The witch cuts...

"Sunshine and Her Siblings" is an allegorical tale of Mother Nature and her children, each representing different weather elements. When Mother Nature takes a nap, her children, especially Rain, Eastwind, Thunder, and Hail, cause chaos with their misbehavior. Sunshine, the eldest daughter, tries to maintain order, assisted by Northwind and Snow, creating a beautiful winter landscape. However, a th...

"Why the Bananas Belong to the Monkey" is a Brazilian folktale explaining why monkeys believe they own all bananas. It tells of a little old woman who, after being cheated out of her fair share of bananas by a monkey, sets a trap using a wax image with tempting bananas. The monkey gets stuck, and when his fellow monkeys come to help, they make a pyramid to ask the sun for assistance. The sun melts...