A retelling of the traditional tale of how the king's twelve daughters wear out their shoes every night while supposedly sleeping in their locked bedroom.

A poor shoemaker becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night.

Two abandoned children come upon a gingerbread cottage inhabited by a cruel witch who wants to eat them.

A retelling, set in Africa, of the story of twelve princesses who dance secretly all night long and how their secret is eventually discovered.

Four old animals discarded by their owners because of their age become friends and move to the forest where they have the last laugh on their ungrateful masters, in this Indian version of the Grimms' tale.

While on their way to Bremen, four aging animals who are no longer of any use to their masters find a new home after outwitting a gang of robbers.