Alkyonis and Kykas, a mortal couple, anger the gods by considering themselves equal to immortals. The gods transform them into birds and bring winter for their eggs.
Demeter's daughter, Persephone, is kidnapped by Hades and forced to spend six months in the Underworld. Demeter mourns her loss, leading to the changing of seasons.
A family faces starvation during a famine. The youngest child, Chick, uses stones and crumbs to find their way home when they are abandoned in the woods.
A collection of three short fables: The Fisherman and the Little Fish, The Fox and the Grapes, and The Goose With the Golden Eggs. Each story teaches a moral lesson through animal characters and their actions.