In "The Old Man Who Said Why" a wise fairy's kind nature is taxed when one old man's questions throw the entire heavens into madness. In "The Elephant and the Butterfly" and "The House That Ate Mosquito Pie" shyness is overcome by the compelling love of new friends. "The Little Girl Named I" is a conversation between the author and a small girl, in the manner of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.Clever, insightful, and magical, peopled with vivid characters—a house that prefers one bird to any human inhabitants, an elephant paralyzed with delight, a fairy who "always breakfasted on light and silence"here are tales as only Cummings could write them. A delightful and surprising gift for anyone, young or old.

    The Old Witch (England) 2. Rapunzel (Germany) 3. Lazy Hans (Germany) 4. The Twins and the Snarling Witch (Russia) 5. Esben and the Witch (Denmark) 6. Prunella (Italy) 7. The Donkey Lettuce (Germany) 8. Hansel and Gretel (Germany)9. Tatterhood (Norway) 10. The White Dove (Denmark) 11. Johnny and the Witch Maidens (Bohemia) 12. The Blackstairs Mountains (Ireland)

    An adaptation of the classic tale in which a beautiful princess has a spell cast on her to make her sleep 100 years.

    Retells the tale of the teeny tiny woman who found a teeny tiny bone in a churchyard and put it away in her cupboard before she went to sleep.