Mrs. Whitefoot does not like Whitefoot’s house and they begin a search for a new one. Mrs. Whitefoot finds an old nest she likes and Whitefoot does not understand how they are to stay safe.
When forty winters shall besiege thy brow
A child creates a world from imagination.
A poor peasant becomes a rich man.
The young man frees the Gem and returns it to the girls. They offer some sort of repayment, but he only wishes them to keep any knowledge of him secret, as he is on the run. The girls soon meet with the men he may be running from.
A herdsman loses a calf. He bargains with the deities. He will sacrifice a lamb if they will help him find the calf. Next he discovers a lion eating his calf and adds a full-grow bull to the sacrifice just to escape the lion with his own life.
"Hain’t you see my Mandy Lou,"
A lad tricks the Deil to get into a nut, and he asks a smith to crack it open.
The author poses several questions to the reader.
A nonsense poem about an owl and pussy-cat that get married.
A story about a blue jay named Jakie. This chapter focuses on his mischevious behavior.
Just whistle a bit, if the day be dark,
A short story explaining where buttercup flowers come from.
The Dashwoods are melancholy on setting off, but as they get closer to Barton Cottage they become more interested in this new area and the new home they are to inhabit. This chapter highlights the theme of expectations vs. reality. Sir John Middleton is introduced.
Marmaduke is sick and has to stay in bed. He becomes very lonely because his siblings were sent to visit their uncle until he Marmaduke recovers. The Toyman visits him and sings to him while making him a special toy to help cheer him up.
Stubb has a strange dream. The sailors of the Pequod go to work.
The author’s preface to the book.
"Jes’ lak toddy wahms you thoo’"
A little girl loses her handkerchiefs and goes on a search for them. She sees some white cloths on the grass high up a hill and climbs up to discover a a little hedgehog washerwoman, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, with her handerchiefs freshly laundered, along with many other interesting articles such as stockings for a hen.
With the help of a dwarf, a soldier achieves great fortunes.
Contact is made with a second ship as the situation continues to decline.
Dorothy and her friends come upon a tiny town made of china. They meet a small china princess and with her help, they realize how much worse their lives could be.
A fairy tale about a young boy named Hans that saved a town from drowning by plugging up the water in a bank with his finger.
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, a novella by F. Scott Fitzgerald, follows John T. Unger as he visits the home of dorm-mate Percy Washington. When Unger learns of the wealth of his friend and the measures the Washington family will take to protect their fortune, he is faced with an important decision.