A little mouse who is fed up with her bad life in winter wishes to be a kitten. The magic lantern grants her wish. As soon as she becomes a cat, she is chased by a dog and finally snatched by the strongest cat in the neighborhood. The cat keeps scenting the mouse, but can't figure out her secret. Only when the mouse cat's friends try to save her does the situation become frightening.

Paulchen the Hazelnut has a beautiful flower. He is always in trouble with the wind that lives behind his house on the mountain. This villain kidnaps the flower and locks it up in the mountain. Paulchen takes up the fight with the wind, but it simply blows him away. Paulchen makes friends and together they manage to tame the wind.

A princess laments for her treasure. The knights Dick and Schick rush off to fetch it. A little bird joins them and they take it with them and defend it.

Little Katrinchen the hen is looking for a nesting place. She escapes an encounter with a fox unscathed by convincing him she's still too thin. A little dog helps her find a safe hiding place. Once the chicks have hatched, the fox reappears. This time, the little hens, with long red rushes in their beaks, chase him away, pretending to be fox-eaters. The chicken thief is finally driven off by the little dog, who proudly displays the fox's tail as a trophy of victory.