Pig, Crane, Fox — Beth Bernobich

The king of Lóng City has declared a contest -- whoever performs three impossible tasks gets to marry his daughter, the Princess Lian, as well as winning a lot of money. Kai the street rat doesn't want the princess, but he does want the money. Then he finds out the princess has her own ideas about this contest.

A short story originally published in Magic in the Mirrorstone.