"One night, as Edna took her ease, her knitting spread across her knees, she thought she heard, outside her door, the plaintive scratching of a paw." -In which an unexpected house guest becomes a rather alarming liability.

In which a slow-witted boy learns that knowledge is not always the key to happiness.

In which a lovelorn girl finds her looking glass reflects more than she had bargained for.

In which the woollen contents of a parcel assume a nefarious life of their own.

"All day, the interesting mound, which jutted from beneath the ground, drove Oscar's Geiger counter wild..." The darkly humorous tale of a curious boy who probes a curious hummock, and lives to regret it.