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The boys spend all afternoon playing in the forest and soon it starts to get fairly dark, and the three become lost, hungry and tired.

Reluctant, Teeny-Tiny follows his brothers, but keeps "His eyes open and his legs ready to run." Big-One and In-The-Middle both ignore Teeny-Tiny's warnings and decide to go anyway. Teeny-Tiny declines his brothers' offer and reminds them of their grandmother's story. In-The-Middle agrees with Big-One, and they ask Teeny-Tiny if he'd like to join them. One day, Big-One decides that it might be fun to go play in the woods. Their mother warns them to never go into the forest, where, according to their grandmother, lives a " Witch-Woman" who eats little children and uses their bones to build a fence around her house. The brothers play in and around the village every day.

The two older brothers often mock Teeny-Tiny because of his size and that he is the youngest. Their names are Big-One (The eldest brother), In-The-Middle (The middle brother), and Teeny-Tiny (The youngest brother). The story is about three brothers who live in a Turkish village with their mother and grandmother. Was first published in 1975 by Pantheon Books and an animated short based on the story was produced by Weston Woods on May 31, 1980, directed by Gene Deitch. Walker and illustrated by Michael Foreman based on an old Turkish folk tale. Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman is a story written by Barbara K.