After being forced to change to a fancy new coat to attend a party, Nasrettin Hoca tries to feed his dinner to the coat, reasoning that it was the coat that was the invited guest.
Retells the Chinese legend of how kites became so popular, eventually evolving into a celebration called the Double Ninth Festival; and includes illustrated instructions on how to make a kite.
Ping returns and deals with the selfish Tan Tan, who owns a beautiful house and a beautiful shady tree, but who does not share, so Ping turns Tan Tan's greed into his own gain, but remains true to his generous nature.
A collection of thirteen adapted Chinese fables, in which an array of animal characters demonstrate principles such as "It is foolish to be greedy" and "We frequently see only what we want to see."
A poor fisherman's greedy wife is never satisfied with the wishes granted her by an enchanted fish. This version adapted from Louis Zelikoff's translation of Pushkin's The tale of the fisherman and the little fish.