A collection of eight humorous folktales, including "The Terrible Black Snake's Revenge" from Japan, "How the Pig and the Bear Went into Business" from Czechoslovakia, and "The Short Horse" from the United States.
A collection of nine folktales involving trickery, including "The Jester Who Fooled a King" from Poland, "Pedro Animala and the Carrao Bird" from Puerto Rico, and "The Tortoise and the Hare" from Ghana.