Baba Yaga and the Brave Girl

In the deep forests of old Russia lived Baba Yaga, an ancient witch with iron teeth who rode through the sky in a mortar and pestle. Her hut stood on giant chicken legs and could turn to face or hide from visitors. A fence of human bones surrounded it, topped with skulls whose eye sockets glowed in the dark.

One day a girl was sent to Baba Yaga by her cruel stepmother, hoping the witch would eat her. But the girl had been kind to all creatures on the way, and they helped her in return. The cat showed her how to escape, the dogs distracted Baba Yaga, and the trees bent low to block her path. The girl returned home safely, and the stepmother was undone by her own wickedness.