By the chimney corner, a sweet-hearted girl dreams of the prince's ball. With her godmother's help, a pumpkin, six mice and a pair of glass slippers, one evening may change everything.

A young fir in the woods thought only of growing tall and getting away. Andersen tells what he discovered when his wish finally came true.

On the last evening of the year a barefoot girl crosses the city with her matches. Every match she strikes holds a picture inside it.

A young woman marries a very rich man with a strange blue beard. Before a journey, he hands her every key in the house — and forbids only one door, a little closet at the end of the gallery.

To escape a situation that should never be, a brave princess follows her fairy godmother's counsel, puts on a humble disguise, and sets out alone into the world.

A cake, an emerald ring, and a mystery: when the ring fits only one small finger in all the kingdom, the true story of Donkey-skin at last comes to light.

On the way to her grandmother's house, a little girl in a red hood meets a smooth-talking wolf. This is Perrault's original version, a cautionary tale with a dark ending.

The youngest of seven brothers is no bigger than a thumb, yet he notices everything. When the boys find themselves lost in the dark forest, it is his quiet cleverness that shows the way home.

Hidden in the Ogre's house, Little Thumb needs all his quiet cleverness to keep his brothers safe through the night and find the way back to their family.

As his only inheritance, the miller's youngest son receives a cat. But this cat is full of ideas — and with a bag, a pair of boots and a quick tongue, he will introduce the King to the Marquis of Carabas.

A very clever prince who is far from handsome and a lovely princess who wishes she were wiser discover how affection changes the way we see one another.

At a princess's christening, seven fairies bring wonderful gifts — but a forgotten fairy bears a grudge, and an old spindle, hidden at the top of a tower, will change the fate of the whole palace.

A hundred years have passed, and a young prince hears of a castle hidden deep in the forest. Inside, a princess sleeps and waits — but the story still holds one hard trial for them both.

By the side of a spring, a poor woman asks two very different sisters for a drink of water. The way each one answers will shape, word by word, the fortune of them both.

A woodcutter is granted three wishes by Jupiter, only to find that wishing well is harder than it looks. A gently funny tale about thinking before you speak.

Dismissed from the war and with no place in the world, a soldier accepts a dangerous bargain: seven years without washing, combing, or praying. In those hard years, he will discover who can see beyond appearances.

In a castle wrapped in briars, a princess sleeps a hundred-year sleep, and the whole kingdom sleeps with her, waiting for the right day to wake.

A poor father, with his thirteenth child in his arms, sets out on the highway to find the boy a godfather. The godfather he chooses will make his son a famous physician — but every gift comes with a warning.