An imaginative and eclectic collection of short stories of family secrets, youthful adventures, and tales of different times and cultures. A young woman finds that infatuation does not lead to love, a young man is falsely accused and has to begin a new life but does not forget a lost love, a young man meets the people of Asia in a series of adventures, a boy dreams of the future, a young woman dreams of being a princess, and an old man confesses a crime he did not commit.