The Selfish Giant (by Oscar Wilde) 1
The Sheik s White Donkey 5
I Met a Bushman 9
Never Too Old to Live Your Dream(by Dan Clark) 13
Your Legacy(by Tony D Angelo) 15
The Unicorn in the Garden(by James Thurber) 17
The New Assistant 19
The Killers(by Ernest Hemingway) 26
The Painting of Ngley Hall(by M. R. James) 35
The Green Door (by O. Henry) 38
The Yellow Shirt(by Darline Anderson) 43
The Open Window(by H. H. Munro/Saki) 46
The Terribly, Tragically Sad Man(by Loren Seibold) 49
Too Many Ghosts(by October Wynn) 53
The Rocking-Horse Winner(by D. H. Lawrence) 61
The Professor 73
The Barber s Uncle(by William Saroyan) 78
Tight Spot(by Robb White) 83
The Secret Life of the Gomez Twins(by Randy Fitzgerald) 87
The Red Dog(by Howard Maier) 92
The Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle(by Charles Berlitz) 97
Popcorn(by Frank L. Du Mond) 101
Secret of the Aztec Idol(by Frank Bonham) 105
The Scho arship Jacket(by Martha Salinas) 111
Mabel(by W. Somerset Maugham) 116
The Umbrella Man(by Roald Dahl) 121
Let Me Read Your Tea-leaves(by Wade H. Mosby) 127
Out of the Silence(by Raboo Rogers) 132
The Wild Ride(by Lee Scott) 136
The Shanahan Strad(by Paul Jones) 148
My Dad, the Drummer(by Joan E. Lynn) 153
Learning How to Be Roommates(by Elsa Lynch) 157
Revenge (by Mark Hansen) 160
Undeclared(by Tal Vigderson) 163
The Wicker Chair(by Eva Rosenberg) 166
Springtime(by O. Henry) 170
The Love I ll Never Forget(by Tim Madigan) 174
A Trucker s Last Letter(by Valerie Teshima) 178
White Horse Winner(by Thomas Sennett) 182
If the Dream Is Big Enough, the Facts Don t Count(by Cynthia Stewart-Copier) 185
The Family Portrait(by Thomas M. Ledin) 188
Charles(by Shirley Jackson) 191
The Rich Man and the Poor Man—A Parable for Thanksgiving(by M. Stanley Bubien) 196
My Dog(by Kevin O Neall) 199
Sunday in the Park(by Bel Kaufman) 202
Leiningen Versus the Ants(by Carl Stephenson) 206
The Catbird Seat(by James Thurber) 214
Rip Van Winkle(by Washington Irving) 223
Now There Is Peace(by Richard Sherman) 233
I Can Play“Schools”(by May C. Jenkins) 238