It includes such tales as "The Cat-Hood of Maurice," in which a boy learns firsthand about the importance of being kind to animals, "The Princess and the Hedge-Pig," in which the Princess Ozyliza recovers her parents' usurped kingdom with the aid of her true love, Justnowland, in which a little girl name Elsie saves a kingdom of enchanted crows, and Kenneth and the Carp, in which a boy is transformed into a carp to retrieve a ring and learns courage.