Preface -- The real princess : aka The princess and the pea / Hans Christian Andersen -- Father William / Lewis Carroll -- Anansi the mighty : African folk tale -- The yak / Hillaire Belloc -- The emperor's new clothes / Hans Christian Andersen -- Jabberwocky / Lewis Carroll -- The tiger, the Brahman and the jackal : Indian folk tale -- The Duck and the kangaroo / Edward Lear.