本書收錄七篇Roald Dahl的短篇小故事，揉合了想像與真實。在”The Boy Who Could Talk To Animals”裡有個巨大的海龜和能與動物交談的小男孩；”The Hitchhiker”敘述一名扒手搭上便車時發生的故事；”The Mildenhall Treasure”則是真實故事喔，描寫男子如何發現寶藏卻又失去了大好機會；”The Swan”則是關於一個聰明男孩遇上惡棍的戲劇性故事；在”The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”裡，Henry聽說一名印度人有「閉目而視」的特異功能，於是他一心練功準備發大財；而”Lucky Break- How I became a Writer”則是Roald Dahl如何踏上寫作之路的自傳性故事；最後”A Piece of Cake”則是Roald Dahl的第一篇創作，描述他任皇家空軍飛行員時一場令他人生轉變的意外。篇篇精采，不容錯過！
Seven superb short stories from the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Meet the boy who can talk to animals and the man who can see with his eyes closed. And find out about the treasure buried deep underground. A cleaver mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes how master storyteller Roald Dahl became a writer. With Roald Dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins.＂All the tales are entrancing inventions.＂ --Publishers Weekly