Three wishes (Scandinavia) -- The ant and the grasshooer (Ancient Rome) -- Brer Rabbit and the well (North America) -- How the bear lost his tail (Iroquois) -- The magic pear tree (China) -- Why the bananas belongs to the monkey (Brazil) -- The fisherman and the genie (Syria) -- The rainbow serpent (Indigenous Australia) -- The stonecutter (Japan) -- King Midas (Ancient Greece) -- The clever little turtle (Mexico) -- Anansi and the turtle (Caribbean) -- The scruffy duckling (Denmark) -- The bag full of stories (Cambodia) -- The mice and the elephants (India) -- The feast (Mali) -- Snowflake, the snow child (Russia) -- Why cats chase mice (Nigeria) -- The lion and the thorn (Ancient Greece) -- How the wren became king of the birds (Ireland).