1.Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1
2.The Little Match Girl 7
3.Gulliver and the Little People 12
4.Little Red Riding-Hood 17
5.The Gifts 22
6.Bill White's Visit to Washington(1) 33
7.Bill White's Visit to Washington(2) 36
8.The Earth 39
9.Survival in Space 43
10.The Long Chain of Evolution 50
11.A Roof over Our Heads 55
12.The Standard of Living 62
13.Digging Up China's Past 66
14.Marco Polo 71
15.What Helieopters Do for Us 80
16.The Power of the Atom 85
17.The Night Sky 91
18.Animal Education 96
19.Whaling 102
20.Engineers of the Woods 110
21.Danger—Keep Off! 117
22.Early Days of the Mail 123
23.How Britain's Postal Service Began 128
24.Some Recent Changes in the English Language 138
25.The Strange Forms of Money 143
26.The Unhappy Hero 149
27.The Missing Finger 157
28.America Thanks You,Bird Woman 169
29.My Mother Breaks Her Pearls 175
30.A Practice Test 190
1)Magic 190
2)The Pleasures of Eating 197
3)Rubber 203