Contents:
Introduction by Richard Adams.
The cat that walked by himself by Rudyard Kipling.
Lobo the king of Currumpaw by Ernest Thompson Seton.
Flip by Geoffrey Morgan.
Adopting an anteater (from Encounters with animals) by Gerald Durrell.
Koko the thingamabob (from The prince who hiccupped) by Anthony Armstrong.
Enter Emma (from Emma and I) by Sheila Hocken.
The rabbit's ghost story (from Watership down) by Richard Adams.
Tuppenny and the travelling circus (from The fairy caravan) by Beatrix Potter.
Mary (from The John Collier reader) by John Collier.
Hijacking a television studio is not easy (from Animal days) by Desmond Morris.
The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain.
The sounding of the call (from The call of the wild) by Jack London.
Monty the bull (from All things bright and beautiful) by James Herriot.
The wonderful Tar Baby story (from Uncle Remus) by Joel Chandler Harris.
The volcano rat (from Doctor Dolittle's zoo) by Hugh Lofting.
The wolves of Cernogratz by 'Saki'.
Jumble (from Just William) by Richmal Crompton.
The first release (from Born free) by Joy Adomson.
Black Beauty (excerpt) by Anna Sewell.