Once upon a time there was a king who had ruled wisely, but he knew his time had come. The king had three sons, the two oldest considered themselves more cleaver and wise than the King and branded their youngest brother as 'stupid'. To decide who will be the next heir to the throne, the King sends his three sons on a quest for the world's most beautiful carpet. To find what they are looking for the sons must follow three feathers. The two 'cleaver sons' follow their features North and South, while the feather of the 'stupid prince' leads him to a trap door which leads him down to a chamber ruled by a frog. The frog magically uses the feather to create a stunning carpet. The two so-called cleaver princes on the other hand, one of them steals an old blanket from a homeless person, the other steals a snotty hanky. Angry over loosing, the two sons insist on a second test to prove who should be King. This time the sons must use the feathers to find the most beautiful and expensive ring in t

There was once a wood cutter who's wife had died and had an only son. Despite being so poor the wood cutter was determind to send to the boy to school. But the money he saved wasn't quite enough and just when the boy had learned which way around his cap went, the money ran out and the head master kicked the boy out immeadiately. Unemployed the son, much to the father's complaining, becomes a wood cutter like his old man by borrowing his neighbour's axe. One day whilst exploring the forest, the ever complaining dad grows tired and suggests the two of them rest. The boy goes on ahead but while travelling he hears a voice coming from a bottle burried beneath an oak tree. Inside the bottle is a spirit demanding to be set free. The boy does so and at once the creature grows fifty feet tall and tries to straggle the young boy. But the child managed to trick McCurius the Spirit into slipping back inside the bottle again, giving him the chance to slip the cork back in. The spirit crys realisin

While taking a walk out in the field to steal some of the farmer's turnips, a Hedgehog is met by a Hare stealing some cabbages. The Hare being very boastful and egocentric makes fun of Mr. Hedgehog's legs considering him to be less important. This made the hedgehog furiously angry and drove him to challenge the Hare to a race, betting a gold coin and silken handkerchief. Before the big race the Hedgehog goes home with a plan up his sleeve, he gets his busy housewife to pose as himself and hide behind the hedge at the bottom of the field where the finish line is... The race begins and the Hare takes off, but the Hedgehog doesn't move. The Hare runs faster and faster down the field but when he reaches the bottom of the field, Mrs Hedgehog jumps out ad shouts ""I am here already"". The Hare was thunderstruck; he thought it was Mr. Hedgehog because most hedgehogs look alike. ""This will not do!"" he shouted, ""No this will not do at all. The race can not be run fairly we must have the race agai

There was once a tailor about to sit down to his toast and jam, but his food attracted the flies and as soon as they smelled the jam they swarmed down in a cloud. ""Hey! Who invited you, get away, get away!"" shouted the little tailor, but the flies didn't understand a word of English and sat where they were. Not wanting to have anyone play around in his lunch, the tailor pulled up a thick piece of cloth from under the work table and whacked it down on the flies. Underneath he found seven dead flies. Proud of himself the tailor made himself a belt with the words 'Seven at One Blow' and decides to show himself off to the world. On his way the tailor found a chicken stuck in a bush so he helped it out and put it in his pocket thinking it might come in useful. The road the tailor took lead him up a mountain but when he reached the top of it he saw an ugly giant who sat picking his toe nails and taking a look at the world. The trailor walked bravely up to him and asked if he'd like to come f

A couple fall foul of a witch and must give up their daughter to her; years later she is imprisoned in a tower.

The tale of an honest fisherman and his greedy wife who find an enchanted, wish-granting fish.

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