A Royal Issue

Herein is collection of twelve very different short stories each in its own way illustrating the ability of our old friend Fate to interfere with the best-laid plans that we humans can devise-sometimes for the good and sometimes for the disastrously bad. For example A Royal Issue tells of the king's difficulty in selecting a suitable husband for the royal princess. How will they choose the right one from such an unpromising list of available males? Or that of a weather disaster that turned into a riot that turned into a bonus in the story entitled Zoo.