Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to the earth.

Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.

A retelling of the Navaho legend that explains the patterns of the stars in the sky.

A quarrel between the first man and the first woman is reconciled when the Sun causes strawberries to grow out of the earth.

A Blackfoot Indian legend in which six neglected orphaned brothers decide to go to the Above World where they become the constellation of the "Lost Children, " or Pleiades.

In this Indian variant of a familiar story, some turkeys make a gown of feathers for the poor girl who tends them so that she can participate in a sacred dance, but they desert her when she fails to return as promised.

A gift to a shy young man from the birds and animals helps him to express his love to a beautiful girl.

In this version of "The Little Red Hen, " set at the North Pole, a penguin and a hare refuse to help an elf plant, grow, and decorate an evergreen tree but nevertheless expect to open the presents found under its branches on Christmas Day.

A retelling of the Grimm brothers' fairy tale.

In this version of the classic tale, a hungry goat pays a visit to the home of the three bears.