Die Sammlung enthält folgende Kurzgeschichten:Sinéad de Valera, "The Captive Princess" Walter de la Mare, "The Riddle" Ray Bradbury, "A Piece of Wood" Liam O'Flaherty, "His First Flight" Shirley Jackson, "Charles" James Thurber, "The Princess and the Tin Box" Lord Dunsany, "The Speech" Robert Turner, "Christmas Gift" Angelica Gibbs, "The Text" Dal Stivens, "The Pepper-Tree" William Saroyan, "The Great Leapfrog Contest" Katherine Mansfield, "Her First Ball"