Margaret Willey

As a young girl waits for her six uncles to arrive for Thanksgiving, she asks her mother to describe life with these brothers on past Thanksgivings.

Goldilocks, ignoring her father's warning not to rush in where she does not belong, enters a cabin in the woods, cleans it to meet her standards, plucks from the porridge items unappealing to her before eating a bowlful, and falls asleep on the bed that suits her best.

Clever Beatrice seeks out Mister Le Pain, the village breadmaker, to come up with a plan to protect her pony from the tiny bearded lutin that magically rides him every night.