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This is a story from the Grimms' Fairy Tales 2 collection.

The tale opens with the third and youngest son of a miller receiving his inheritance - a cat. At first, the youngest son laments, as the eldest brother gains the mill, and the middle brother gets the mules. The feline is no ordinary cat, however, but one who requests and receives a pair of boots.

Oonzil Windlestraw, a pixie with a great imagination and a bit of a temper problem, is due to be punished by the old wizard, Master Zarvin. With a clever bit of ingenuity and the help of an eagle named Igor, Oonzil gets on Master Zarvin's good side and strikes a deal. The three of them are forced into fantastic action when a human hunter nabs a fairy girl with the intent of grinding her into pixie dust for profit.

Ever since his adventure in the deep woods, Peanut found it difficult to think of anything else. I suppose that's what happens when one meets pirates for the first time and discovers a magical golden ball, too! At least the Strathy Fall Fair was soon arriving. Peanut couldn't wait to play the games and hopefully win the costume contest. He and his best friend, Tennyson, were sure to be the only pirates at the fair. Or would they be?

The Well of the World's End is a Scottish fairy tale, from the Lowlands, collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales. In the story, a girl's mother died, and her father remarried. Her stepmother abused her, made her do all the housework, and finally decided to be rid of her. How the girl, with the help of a magic frog, outwitted the stepmother is the gist of the story.