Tales of Cleverness

A soldier returning from war meets a witch who sends him into a hollow tree to retrieve a magical tinderbox that summons three powerful dogs.

A thirsty crow discovers a pitcher with a small amount of water at the bottom and uses clever thinking to raise the water level.

A clever monkey befriends a crocodile who offers him a ride across the river, but the crocodile's true intentions lie beneath the surface.

A poor woodcutter discovers the secret hideout of forty thieves and the magic words that open their treasure cave, but his greedy brother wants in.

A clever cat uses trickery and cunning to transform his poor miller's-son master into a wealthy nobleman and win the hand of a princess.

The legendary Polynesian trickster-hero Maui fishes up islands from the bottom of the ocean using a magical fishhook and his own cunning.