When a grumpy old bachelor loses his last lunchtime bean down a well, he starts to yell. To stop the noise, the Imp down the well gives him a pot which conjures up delicious food. But when a jealous old lady steals the pot, even stranger things happen - and the bachelor's life will never be the same again!

Adapted from the story: The old batchelor who lost a bean, Jewish folktales, retold / by Pinas Sadeh. Anchor Books, 1989.