(read for Traditional Literature assignment) Contains the tale of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, in which a young cowherd named Michel discovers the secret of the princesses whose shoes are worn through each morning though their door is locked as they sleep through the night. The main themes are love and sacrificing yourself for the one you love as Michel chooses to become one of the men stuck in the other world into which the princesses travel at night, in order to please the one he loves (though at the end she recognizes his choice and decides to marry him).