The retelling of a fairy tale about a lonely prince who wants to marry a princess. When he finds a princess he likes, his mother tests to see if the young woman is really a princess by having her sleep on a giant stack of mattresses with one tiny pea underneath.

A cat grows fatter and fatter as he eats everyone he meets.

The rooster and the hen set off in a mice-drawn shoe to proclaim themselves king and queen.

Fourteen traditional Danish tales of wizardry, witchery, dark forests, remote kingdoms, princesses, and wicked stepmothers.