A young girl named Maria lives with her stepmother and stepsister. The stepmother is mean to the girl, assigns her to work all day. The young girl's finger bled one day from working on the spindle. She has to go to the well to wash off the blood and fell into the well. And so her fortune of adventure begins.

A dying farmer summons his three sons to his bedside before dying. He doesn't have large property to leave to his sons, but he gives each a meaningful item. He gives his first son a rooster, his second son a scythe, and his third son a cat, and advises them to value each item and make the most fortune out of it. This books illustrates each adventure of each son.

An arrogant hare challenges a seemingly slow hedgehog to a race. Confident in his speed, the hare takes a nap during the race, underestimating the hedgehog's abilities. The hedgehog cleverly enlists the help of his family to confuse the hare, leading to the hare's eventual defeat. The story teaches a moral lesson about humility and the triumph of intelligence over arrogance.

A stepmother is being cruel to her stepdaughter. She asks her go out to pick strawberries in the middle of winter, in hope that the stepdaughter freezes to death and dies. The stepdaughter finds three men who asks for her help. She helps them, and in return, they give her many blessings.

A fairy who appears as an old woman knocks on the door of two houses, one house of a rich man and the other of a poor man. The rich man rejected her and the poor man welcomed her with open arms. After her stay, she blessed the poor man with a lot of wealth and luck. On the other hand, the rich man realizes he has missed the opportunity and tries to make it up.

A poor woodcutter lost his axe and his only mode of earning a living. When he receives help from an old man he encounters, the woodcutter receives special gifts for his honesty.

In the story, two friends encounter a group of dancing little people on a moonlit hillside. After joining the dance, the old man in the group shaves their heads and beards and rewards them with pockets full of coals. Overnight, the coals turn into gold, but the blacksmith's greed leads to his pockets filling with coals on a return visit. The tailor remains content and shares his gold, while the blacksmith learns a lesson about greed.

A mother goose has seven goslings. She has to go out one and she must leave them alone at home. Every time she warns them not to open the door to anybody but her and they always promise to obey her rule.

In this story, a king has three sons. The two older brothers are lazy and selfish, often ridiculing their younger, kind-hearted brother, Alexander. The brothers embark on a journey and encounter situations where the older ones want to harm ants, ducks, and bees, but Alexander persuades them to show compassion. Eventually, they reach a mysterious castle and face three tasks. The older brothers fail and turn to stone, while Alexander's acts of kindness to ants, ducks, and bees help him complete the tasks, rescue the princesses, and break the castle's spell. In the end, Alexander is rewarded with half the kingdom and the youngest princess as his bride, while the older brothers learn the value of kindness over cleverness.

A spoiled princess meets a frog after dropping her golden ball into a pond under a tree. The frog helps her retrieve it, with the condition that she will become his friend. The frog who was once a handsome prince, is currently under a wicked fairy's spell. He needs her friendship in order to break the spell.

A poor miller wants his daughter to marry the King and be Queen, so he falsely tells the King that she can spin straw into gold. The king forces her to prove her gold spinning ability by locking her up in a room. If she doesn't spin straw into gold, she will die.

A woodcutter has 3 daughters and asks each of his daughter to bring him dinner in the woods. Each time, each daughter got lost on her way, and after walking in the night, each daughter found a hut in the wood with an old man, a hen, a cow, and a rooster. How each daughter treats him and his animals determines her fate during the stay.

There are three brothers and the youngest is Dummling. He is not as clever as his two older brothers, and they often make fun of him. Each of the sons was asked to take cake and wine to his father for dinner, who cuts wood in the forest. On the way, each son encounters a little gray man who asks him for help. Only Dummling is willing to help and is ultimately rewarded.

A poor fisherman and his wife live in a little hut near the sea. One day, he catches something a magical fish from the sea. The fish is actually a prince in his life and has a spell cast upon him. He asks to be returned to the sea and the fisherman agrees. In return, the magical fish grants many wishes for which the fisherman asks.

A man, smart and hardworking, has been serving the king for many years as a brave soldier. At the end of the war, the soldier is sent by the king to go home. The king only gave him three pennies as reward of his time and he was upset. In this story, the man tries to find twelve travelers who can go with him to the king to ask for a proper reward.

Hans worked hard for his boss for many years. After seven years he wants to return home to his mother. His master pays him with a lump of gold. It’s a huge lump in the size of the head. Hans puts it in a handkerchief but gold is heavy and he becomes tired. Because it's so heavy, he doesn't want to carry it and makes many exchanges along the way.

A prince and a young girl are in love, but this happy event is cancelled by the sudden death of the prince’s father, the king. The King who, on his deathbed, asks his son to marry another bride, who is a princess. The heartbroken son makes the promise to his father, and makes arrangement to marry the princess. He eventually forgets his first, original love. In this story, the girl who's the prince's first love has to find a way back to his heart.

Four aging animals – a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster – all facing mistreatment and dismissal from their owners due to their old age, decide to run away to the town of Bremen to become musicians. On their journey, they encounter a group of robbers in a cottage and, through clever teamwork, scare them away. The animals then decide to make the cottage their new home, and the story ends with the promise of a happily ever after for the quartet. The tale is known for its themes of cooperation, resourcefulness, and the idea that even those deemed past their prime can contribute in meaningful ways.

Jack is a poor boy who was asked by his mom to sell the cow in the supermarket. Jack found a man who exchanged magic beans for his cow. The magic beans grew into a tall beanstalk full of opportunities. Jack climbs the beanstalk in search of his luck. He also faces danger many times, but in the end, Jack is rewarded for his bravery with good fortune.

"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" is a classic fairy tale about a curious girl named Goldilocks who enters the home of three bears while they are away. She finds three bowls of porridge, three chairs, and three beds, and she tests each one to find the one that's just right. When the bears return, they discover her presence, and she quickly escapes, teaching a lesson about respecting others' property.

A sweet girl named Little Red Riding Hood is sent by her mother to visit her grandmother with a basket of goodies. Along the way, she encounters a cunning wolf who learns of her destination. The wolf, arriving at the grandmother's house first, disguises himself as the grandmother. When Little Red Riding Hood arrives, she notices the wolf's strange appearance but is deceived. However, the story ends happily as woodcutters rescue Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother from the wolf's threat, highlighting the importance of caution when dealing with strangers.