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Waldo and company have just barely survived an encounter with his grandfather the archlich. All Waldo wants now is to stay in Lunatown where he, Alice, and Gronk will be safe. So, of course, he soon finds himself dragged out of the village and forced to go on an adventure. And why? Is it to look for great wealth, power, or wisdom? Are they searching for the One Bracelet to rule everybody? No, that would make far too much sense. Instead, they set out to find a legendary wine just to give a certain somebody the 'drunkest drunk.'

In these selections, an animal plays an important role in the action or plot of the story. The animals in these stories are real or are stand-ins for humans: Sredni Vashtar by Saki (H. H. Munro) Kholstomer, The Story of a Horse by Leo Tolstoy A Dark-Brown Dog by Stephen Crane Kashtanka by Anton Chekhov The Cat That Walked By Himself by Rudyard Kipling The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe The Fly by Katherine Mansfield The Boar-Pig by Saki (H. H. Munro) The Tiger Guest by Pu Songlbying Jackals and Arabs by Franz Kafka