Tom Sawyer's aunt Polly tricks him into playing hookey and working. Tom learns to whistle and encounters a wealthy stranger. Tom defeats the stranger by tricking him with coins
Poor widow and son Jack live on milk from cow Milky-white. Cow stops producing milk, Jack decides to sell it. Old man offers magical beans for cow, Jack sells for worthless ones
Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen published in 1843. Story inspired by Andersen's friend Jenny Lind. Andersen himself was described as tall, ugly with big nose and feet
Three Bears lived together in a wood house. Each Bear had a different size bowl, chair, and bed. Goldilocks, a rude girl, lived across the wood
Three versions exist: original with impudent old woman, second with Goldilocks, third with family. Story features three bears, each with their own porridge, chair, and bed. Original version shows old woman breaking chairs and sleeping in beds. Story uses literary rule of three with three chairs, porridge, and beds
Story first appeared in Dartmoor in 1853 with pixies and fox. James Halliwell-Phillipps published first printed version in 1886. Joseph Jacobs's 1890 version credited Halliwell-Phillipps as source