A cafe keeper in a small French village cannot escape from his wife’s silly plan to have him hatch eggs in the bed to which he is confined.
France
Materials from France
Asterix The Gaul
When Roman Centurion Crismus Bonus finds out about Getafix’s magic potion, he kidnaps the druid to force him to reveal the recipe, so Asterix joins his friend in captivity and together they plan to whip up a surprise with truly hair-raising effects.
No, I Want Daddy!
Anna is unhappy when her tired mother says no to all of her after-school plans but after an evening of letting only Daddy do things for her, Anna cannot go to sleep until she and Mama make up.
The Miraculous Tale of the Two Maries
After perishing in a boating accident, two 16-year-old girls, both named Marie, ask God to allow them to return to earth where they intervene in the lives of villagers.
It Happened At School: Two Tales
In the first of two school stories set in France, a homework assignment involving autographs excites Claudette’s class; in the second, the teacher’s boyfriend becomes a nuisance using the class’s new telephone/fax machine to express his love.
The Last Snow of Winter
The great sculptor Gaston Pompicard creates a snow sculpture for his friends the children, and then later he receives a similar gift from them during the last snow of winter.
Lizette’s Green Sock
Lizette tries to figure out what to do with the one green sock that she finds while out walking one day.
Chlo
When attention must be paid to her little sister’s birthday, Giselle, who lives with her family in France, makes inappropriate gift suggestions and almost spoils the big day. Based on the author’s childhood memories.
Christmas in the Trenches
A World War I veteran tells his grandson of his experiences in 1914, when British and German soldiers declared a truce from fighting to celebrate Christmas together.
The Great Blue House
When its owners leave, a summer house comes alive with the sounds of a mouse nibbling crumbs in the fall, a cat taking shelter in the winter, and rain falling on the roof in the spring.