An old lady buys a pig. Then she cannot get the pig to jump over a fence so she can get home. She asks for help but is refused until at last she finds a cow who will give her milk. This begins chain of events which leads to getting home with the pig.
Alice and Ruth ponder the identities of the two missing girls. An incident on the ship has the passengers preparing to load the lifeboats.
Mr. Crow tricks Tommy into paying a call on his new friend Spot. When Tommy sees that Farmer Green has a new dog, he runs home.
Despite a warning from his mother, Tommy tries to steal one of Farmer Green’s hens.
A fairy tale about a little bird with a broken wing and the trees that offered him shelter. The fairy tale is used to describe the nature of dying in winter.
Mr. Pertell films his first alligator hunt. The hunter cautions the troupe from going any deeper into the swamp.
Little Bear learns to do his work.
Little Bear suggests that the three bears go out for a morning walk before breakfast. While walking, they find a campsite and try the food left in the pot. They discover a new love for prunes and sing a cheerful song about it.
Tommy Fox plays a cat-and-mouse game with Mr. Woodchuck and Mr. Woodchuck escapes down a hole.
The adventures of the angel fish are imagined.
A folk tale poem about the trickery of the Walrus and the Carpenter in their hunt of oysters.
Jim Hawkins starts his tale of an island. An old imposing sailor stays at Jim’s father’s inn and terrorizes the other inhabitants. He warns Jim about a one-legged sailor whom he fears and threatens Dr. Livesey with a knife.
Peter and the Never Bird help each other out of a bind.
Brownie makes his home from sticks and mud. While other animals laugh at him for working so hard and so tirelessly, Brownie keeps going until his house is just right.
The preface to the novel.
Sunset transforms the tropical landscape.
The traveler is drawn to the beauty of Florida.
David, now fifteen, is once again frightened by his grandfather's strange behavior.
The children watch the growth of baby chicks until a hawk comes to prey on them. The Toyman shoots the hawk and buries him next to the dead crow as a warning to evil-doers.
Mrs. Fox teaches Tommy how to hunt by using a woodchuck.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. The three children went to a market and watched a peddler/street performer sell his wares with magic tricks to awe the customers. The Toyman tells them to beware of such scams.
A camel refuses to work and only says “humph” in response to requests for work...so a Dijnn gives him a “humph” as punishment for laziness.
Epaminondas has a difficult time knowing how to carry his grammy’s gifts home to his mammy. Each time he tries what his mammy told him, but things keep turning out wrong for him.
Brownie goes to Gradaddy Beaver and explains about the flash. He assures Brownie that it was no gun. Jasper Jay tells Brownie about hearing about Brownie’s picture in the paper.
Mr. Frog asks Brownie about his clothes and convinces him to go to his tailor shop for some new ones. After the fitting, he discovered he must wait for his new clothes and felt unhappy about his current appearance.