本套书所选故事短小精悍，大多是那些流传已久、在世界各国颇受欢迎的童话、幽默故事和民间传说等。本书收入了《明智的选择》：《*有价值的东西》：《逃避责任》：《哪个雪橇更好？》：《拍电影和后电视》：《中年教授》等作品。

1．The Wise Choice 明智的选择
2．The Most Valuable Thing*有价值的东西
3．Avoiding His Duty逃避责任
4．Which Sledge Is Better? 哪个雪橇更好?
5．Film Work and Television Work拍电影和拍电视
6．A Middle．aged Professor中年教授
7．A Wonderful Pilot了不起的飞行员
8．Is the wife in Control? 是妻子掌管吗?
9．Touring South Africa南非之旅
10．I'll Trust You That You Paid我相信你付钱了
11．Two Brothers两兄弟
12．The Biology Teacher生物老师
13．The Korean War Is Over朝鲜战争结束了
14．The Ashamed Soldier惭愧的士兵
15．Brain Transplant脑移植
16．Guns Buried in the Garden埋在花园里的枪
17．A Very Pretty Girl漂亮女孩
18．Jack and Billy杰克和贝利
19．An Anecdote轶事一则
20．Aesop and the Travelers伊索和旅行者
21．A Clever Boy聪明的男孩
22．The Good Fortune好运气
23．A Forgetful Couple健忘夫妻
24．Which Eye Is Blind? 哪只眼睛瞎了?
25．Really Swallowed a Horse? 真的吞下了一匹马?
26．An Advertisement 一则广告
27．Food and Talk吃饭和谈话
28．Living like a Pig像猪一样地生活
29．A Train Ride火车旅行
30．What Goes Around Comes Around一报还一报
31．Are Blind Pilots Flying? 盲人飞行员
32．A Dimcult Customer难应付的顾客
33．Sausage Sandwiches香肠三明治
34．Where to Find a Listener知音难觅
35．The Motorcycle摩托车
36．The House of 1000 Mirrors千镜之屋
37．Jesse James and the Widow耶西詹姆士与寡妇
38．The Crows Are in the Corn乌鸦在玉米地里
39．The Mango Trees芒果树
40．A Bad Doctor庸医
41．Iegitimate Earning合理收入
42．Bill Gates Met God 比尔盖茨见上帝
43．The Ashlad W110 Made the Princess Tell the Tmth让公主说真话的阿施里德
44．The Peasant Woman Who Was Changed into a Woodpecker变成啄木鸟的农妇
45．The Fox as Herdsman狐狸牧羊人
46．Sleep Well睡个好觉
47．The Cock and the Mouse公鸡和老鼠
48．The Lost Axe丢失的斧子
49．The Faithful Dog and the Serpent忠诚的狗和蛇
50．，rhe Bear Wh0 Married a Woman娶了女人的熊
51．The Dog and the Cock狗和公鸡
52．The Tiger and the Shadow老虎和影子
53．The Story of William Tell威廉泰尔的故事
54．The Trap捕鼠器
55．Why Hawks Have Wings? 为什么老鹰有翅膀?
56．The Best Vegetable of All*好的蔬菜
57．Bungee—Jumping in Mexico在墨西哥蹦极-
58．Dad Will Be Upset爸爸会不安的
59．Fairy Godmother Visits 95-Year—Old Cinderella仙女教母看望95岁的灰姑娘
60．The Doll—maker木偶匠
61．Why the Frog Croaks? 为什么青蛙嘶哑地呱呱叫?
62．The Tale of the Bamboo Princess竹林公主的故事
63．The Monkey and the Dolphin猴子和海豚
64．How Dogs Came to Sniff Under Tails?为何狗会去闻尾巴下面?
65．Crow Brings Daylight乌鸦带来光明
66．How the Man Got into the Moon 人是怎么到月亮上的
67．How the Partridge Got His Whistle 鹧鸪如何会吹口哨的
68．Men Visit the Sky人类登天之旅
69．Story of the Rabbits兔子的故事
70．ne Flood洪水
71．Ares战神阿瑞斯
72．Do You Know My Work? 你知道我是干什么的吗?
73．The Flying Machine飞行器
74．Robbery失窃
75．Murder谋杀
76．How to Call the Police如此报警
77．A Car Thief? 盗车贼?
78．The Test Submitted婚姻的答卷
79．The Scorpion and the Tortoise蝎子和乌龟
80．An Assassin杀手
81．Heavy Thinking想得太多
82．Mistaken Identity搞错了的身份
83．The Most Valuable Possessions on Earth人世间*宝贵的财富
84．Appointment with Love(I) 赴约(I)
85．Appointment with Love(II) 赴约(II)
86．A Mysterious Dog神犬
87．The Dime一角硬币
88．Johnny’s Teacher小约翰的老师
89．The Interview面试
90．What Do Two Plus Two Equal? 二加二等于几?
91．Neither Do I我也不知道
92．Career Choice选择职业
93．The Blind Man and the Sun盲人与太阳
94．Blessing or Bane 福兮祸兮
95．An Incredible Indian神奇的印第安人
96．A Kick in the Head踢头
97．Bait Trap诱捕
98．Mere Suggestion纯粹暗示
99．Buy me out给钱就行
100．Natural Laws自然法则
101．Satan’s Humor撒旦的幽默
102．Sick Time Abuse滥请病假
103．New CEO新执行总裁
104．Brain Transplant移植大脑
105．Cookies for the Funeral葬礼甜饼
106．Is Shell Collecting Healthy? 集贝壳能使人健康吗?
107．Come on Guys．We’re Almost There!继续爬，伙计们，我们快到了!
108．A Boy and His Frog小伙子和青蛙