The seven stories included in the book are:

• "The Bippolo Seed": a duck finds a rare seed that can grant wishes, but a cat tells him to wish for more than he needs, to get money; they end up losing the seed.
• "The Rabbit, the Bear, and the Zinniga-Zanniga": a rabbit escapes being eaten by convincing the bear that he has a rare but serious disorder. It's the sequel to “The Big Brag”
• "Gustav, the Goldfish": a boy overfeeds a goldfish, causing it to grow until it fills a cellar.
• "Tadd and Todd": two identical twins don't like being the same, so they try to be different by enhancing their looks but fail.
• "Steak for Supper": a boy brags about his steak dinner, causing strange beasts to follow him home, but it turns out to be stew.
• "The Strange Shirt Spot": a boy gets dirt on himself, to his mother's dismay, so he tries to get it off but fails.
• "The Great Henry McBride": a boy dreams of having five jobs.