Collects myths, legends, fables, and folk tales from around the world.

"Osborne"--Cover and spine.

A bag full of stories -- Myths of how things came to be -- How the tortoise got his shell -- Arachne -- Echo and Narcissus -- How bees got their stings -- Pandora's box -- Maui's land -- Stories of gods and goddesses -- The biggest banquet -- The chariot of the sun -- Indra's curse -- Thor's hammer -- The wicked wish -- Cupid and Psyche -- Folk tales from around the world -- The stolen sun -- Baba Yaga -- Sister Lace -- The musicians of Bremen -- Brave Hendrick -- Puss in boots -- Animal fables -- The stork who outfoxed a fox -- The dancing camel -- The hare and the tortoise -- The busy ant and the singing grasshopper -- The trapped tiger -- The clever little hare -- The town mouse and the country mouse -- Legends of monsters and dragons -- George and the dragon -- Odysseus and the Cyclops -- The big fish -- The Chimaera -- The Minotaur -- Rustam's faithful horse.