A man investigates an increasingly common phenomenon involving carnivorous lambs with a highly developed sense of justice.

The death of a exemplary servant is widely reported.

The first man on earth recalls the early years.

Creation's early days as recounted by earth's first woman.

Two reclusive, retired ship's Captains decide to celebrate Christmas for the first time in years.

Bertie Steffink takes action against his disapproving relatives.

An absent-minded old lady forgets where she left her niece.

It is said that when a Cernogratz dies in the family castle, the wolves in the forest howl all night long ... but Baroness Gruebel, new owner of Cernogratz castle, is sceptical.

James Cushat-Prinkly reluctantly sets off for afternoon tea with the girl he intends to marry.

A woman tells of a particularly stressful experience involving a visiting bishop, a flood and a hungry leopard.

An uncle tries to interest his young nephews in some experimental non-violent toys.

A domineering wife and mother unobtrusively and inexplicably vanishes.

Lady Drakmanton comes up with an unorthodox way of dealing with the miserly Misses Smithly-Dubb.

Speculation about the outcome of the closest Derby race in years intensifies when Lola Pevensey claims to have dreamt the winner.

Alethia Debchance, raised on a strict diet of romance novels, leaves home for the first time to visit her distant cousin Robert, an aspiring politician.