A poor woodcutter's chance meeting with Death turns his life around - a single moment of generosity is rewarded with a magical gift that allows him to heal the sick. However, when his luck runs out, he finds that his second meeting with Death does not go as well as the first.

On his sixth birthday, a young boy receives a surprise present that forever changes his perspective on life.

Year after year, villagers visit a well in the night to pay the gentleman who lives there a penny and wish for food, revenge, or familial bliss. And while the gentleman in the well may grant each villager their wish, he also tends to take more than just a penny from each who pay him a visit.

When an impoverished man shows up to a wealthy woman's door in dire need of help, she gives him ten dollars and tries to send him on his way. The man insists that he return the next day to thank her husband for the money, but she isn't quite sure if things are as they seem.

In a Thai village, the life of a boy who the head monk believes has unlocked the highest state of enlightenment is jeopardized when the village chief seeks to exploit the local festival of floating lanterns for profit. Upon finding out the Thai village chief's evil scheme for the local lantern festival, a precocious child's life is threatened.

An eerie description of characteristic fairy tale elements and how they are embodied in characters.

Eager to get his children to stop fighting, a father tells them a story about dragons and kings; things take a disappointing turn when the children realize that their father doesn't know the end of his own story.

A nine-year-old boy reflects on the heroes he's identified in his life, from religious figures to his relatives, while he and his father drive home on a snowy night.

A little girl tells the story of how her ceramic figurines come from glazing little people that live in the walls of all houses.

A teenage boy grapples with the guilt of selling a fake relic on the Internet. As he navigates the consequences, his father and his father’s girlfriend try to make him feel better. After a series of revelations, the boy—in his attempt to free himself—falls headfirst into a different kind of danger.