The third collection of short stories by John Muir. These eight short stories, including a novella, again encompasses a wide variety of genres. Some stories take a poke at the excessive seriousness many people take to their view of life, expecting all characters to fit the pigeon-holes they have created. The viewpoints taken also vary from a child's perspective and self-belief in their innocence and what they consider the important things in life, to the super serious dogma of others. With some whoops factors thrown in, it makes a broad range of reading,