The magic sandals (Incas in Peru) -- Miguel and the baker (Peru) -- The spirit of Chimborazo [the volcano] (Ecuador) -- Pedro (Chile) -- The four Juans (Bolivia) -- The lazy people (Colombia) -- Why bananas belong to monkeys -- How beetles got their beautiful coats (Brazil) -- The red bird (Argentina) -- The girl and the puma (Argentina) -- Pepe and the figs (Mexico) -- Everything happens to Pablo (Puerto Rico) -- Tower to the moon (Dominican Republic) -- The emerald lizard (Guatemala) -- The singing reed (Venezuela) -- The fair Maria (West Indies).