Stewig, John W

Poor Hans marries the mayor's daughter after promising that in seven years he will go off with an evil dwarf unless he is able to pose a question the dwarf cannot answer.

The fisherman's greedy wife is never satisfied with the wishes granted her by an enchanted fish.

Expands upon the classic tale of the princess and the pea as seen through the eyes of the prince, the princess, the king and queen, various servants, a mouse, and even the rather vain pea, itself.

In order to cure her ailing pig, an Irish widow agrees to give a strange woman whatever she wants and then the widow must guess the woman's name or give up her baby.

A king finds himself bitterly regretting the consequences of his wish that everything he touches would turn to gold.

A clever lass, in need of a meal, shows some stingy villagers how to make soup starting with a "magic" stone.