| PAGE |
| INTRODUCTION | 5 |
| THE BUTTERFLY THAT WENT CALLING | 7 |
| THE ROBINS BUILD A NEST | 14 |
| THE SELFISH TENT-CATERPILLAR | 22 |
| THE LAZY SNAIL | 31 |
| AN ANT THAT WORE WINGS | 37 |
| THE CHEERFUL HARVESTMEN | 42 |
| THE LITTLE SPIDER'S FIRST WEB | 50 |
| THE BEETLE WHO DID NOT LIKE CATERPILLARS | 56 |
| THE YOUNG ROBIN WHO WAS AFRAID TO FLY | 61 |
| THE CRICKETS' SCHOOL | 71 |
| THE CONTENTED EARTHWORMS | 76 |
| THE MEASURING WORM'S JOKE | 81 |
| A PUZZLED CICADA | 87 |
| THE TREE FROG'S STORY | 93 |
| THE DAY WHEN THE GRASS WAS CUT | 101 |
| THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE MEASURING WORM RUN A RACE | 109 |
| MR. GREEN FROG AND HIS VISITORS | 114 |
| THE DIGNIFIED WALKING-STICKS | 120 |
| THE DAY OF THE GREAT STORM | 128 |
| THE STORY OF LILY-PAD ISLAND | 134 |
| THE GRASSHOPPER WHO WOULDN'T BE SCARED | 142 |
| THE EARTHWORM HALF-BROTHERS | 151 |
| A GOSSIPING FLY | 156 |
| THE FROG-HOPPERS GO OUT INTO THE WORLD | 161 |
| THE MOSQUITO TRIES TO TEACH HIS NEIGHBORS | 171 |
| THE FROG WHO THOUGHT HERSELF SICK | 177 |
| THE KATYDID'S QUARREL | 183 |
| THE LAST PARTY OF THE SEASON | 188 |
