A book of modern fairy-tales from the author of A High Wind in Jamaica, dealing with such diverse subjects as living inside a whale, giving off darkness the way a lamp gives off light, being turned into a giraffe, finding Nothing in the dining room, and traveling into other people's houses by going through the telephone cord. ———- Contents are Living in W'ales, The Dark Child, As They Were Driving, The Gardner and the White Elephants, The Man with a Green Face, Telephone Travel, The Glass Ball Country, Nothing, The Hasty Cook, The Three Sheep, The Spider's Palace, The Ants, The Invitation, The Three Innkeepers, Inhaling.