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The Witch with the donkey ears
Away from a village lives a terrifying witch who is said to have donkey ears and to turn children who come too close to her into donkeys. However, none of the villagers dare to do anything about it. When little Marie's brother disappears without a trace, she decides to take matters into her own hands and fight the witch. In doing so, she finds help from a long-forgotten magical creature.

Lazy Albert
Albert runs a farm that provides well for his family. When the new, overzealous mayor takes office, Albert senses that nothing good will come of it. The village is to become the most beautiful far and wide. To achieve this, all villagers must sign up for work assignments. However, Albert has more than enough to do on his own farm and neglects the new duties imposed on him. As a result, he is called lazy and his family is ostracised in the village. Eventually, he leaves the village to try to make a new start in the neighbouring village. Years later, it becomes apparent that the mayor's work assignments have brought about the economic decline of his village..

The Lifeclock
Talented watchmaker Jan has been trying to find happiness for many years, but he never seems to have enough money. One day, a grateful and concerned customer gives him a mysterious life clock as a gift. It is a magical clock that shows its owner where they stand in life. However, what the clock shows him is so frightening that it forces him to radically change his life. Perhaps just in time to find happiness after all?

Astraea
Nothing seems to be able to stop the giant asteroid from hitting Earth. For some weird reason, it's suddenly on a collision course with Earth, and it looks like it could mean the end of humanity. Emilia meets old Rador in the middle of the forest, who says he can stop the disaster. The desperate situation and a highly interesting detail in his statements give Emilia hope that Rador is much more than just an old eccentric. However, Rador does not seem willing to save the world. Emilia has little time left to change his mind..

The two brothers and death
Death comes to Friedrich's deathbed to take him on his final journey. Friedrich is content with his eventful and comfortable life and rather disrespectful towards death. A few years later, Death also comes to Friedrich's brother Martin. Martin struggles with his happy but difficult life. He repeatedly looked with envy at his brother Friedrich, who was able to enjoy life to the fullest and never had to work for it. He asks Death only for the answer to a question that has tormented him all his life. Death is surprisingly gracious, for he grants him a deep insight into the meaning of life.

The Oddball
From early childhood, Roland cannot understand why people behave so strangely. Shortly after his birth, he experiences his first traumatic shock when a well-dressed person splashes water on him. But even his own father, who smokes terribly smelly cigarettes and drinks foul-smelling beverages, makes Roland doubt whether he belongs on this planet. Because he refuses to do many of the nonsensical things that his contemporaries tend to do, he is repeatedly marginalised as an oddball. It is only in his professional life that he learns to appreciate the advantages of being an oddball.