Nineteenth-century American realist Frank Norris's brutal story of a San Francisco dentist and his greedy wife, two people doomed to lives of violence by their respective obsessions. Includes biographical notes, introduction, and afterward.
Beaver's excitement at finding a mussel that doubtless contains a pearl is tempered by the realization that such a treasure could stir the greed of his friends, causing a chain of environmentally disastrous events.
Sammie Swine is a greedy pig. He eats the food in front of him and will also takes his friends' food as well. When the pigs visit the fair, Sammie Swine has an incident with hot mustard that makes him change his ways.
While creating his Christmas list Little Trevor tries to include everything, from night-vision binoculars to an invisible robot that is easy to hide, but he ends up learning that there is more to the holiday than just the gifts.
