Seven stories of desire, obsession and selfishness: "Wild Flowers" visits a mother who knows no end to her love for orphans. In "The Waterman", a woman has a child with the man who lives under the lake. In "Wedding Dress", a grief-stricken widow wishes her husband back from the dead. The parents in "The Noonday Witch" are granted their wish that their children stop crying. A mischievous girl is given queer retribution in "The Golden Spinning Wheel". "The Daughter's Curse" comes between a girl and her mother. And finally, in "Christmas Day", an old woman finds the solace to face death.