When the older penguins won't let Pete fish with them, Pete goes off by himself and meets some new friends: a whale, a boy, a seal, and a sea lion.

Explains the water cycle from precipitation, through brooks, to rivers, to an ocean, then evaporation back into the atmosphere where it will repeat the water's journey.

Michael banishes the ghosts, witches, giants, and magicians that surround his bed keeping him from sleep, sending them to a desert island with a beautiful dream tree.

When his seven years' wages in gold prove too heavy to carry easily, Hans trades the lump of gold for one thing after another until he arrives home empty-handed, but convinced he is a lucky man to be unfettered with encumbrances.