Mahy, Margaret

Absentminded Mister Whistler, who always has a tune going on in his head, cannot remember what he did with his ticket--it is clenched, forgotten, in his teeth--so he dances around looking for it in all his pockets, while onlookers cheer him on thinking him to be performing for them as a show.

In these two stories the protagonists have mischievous fun with a former pirate and a band of robbers.

A guinea pig searches for grass to eat in many different places.

In the first of these two short stories, Bassington, a rich little boy who has never had a birthday, decides to steal one from Mrs. Herringbone and Joanna Joy. In the second story, headmistress Tatiana Taffeta seeks an affluent farmer's hand in marriage.

Chaos on the bus begins when a cross witch gets on who delights in making trouble.