Stories : The typewriter ; The five-dollar bill ; Jack in the pot ; Mammy ; The richer, the poorer ; Funeral ; The penny ; The bird like no other ; The happiest year, the saddest year ; The envelope ; Fluff and Mr. Ripley ; Odyssey of an egg ; About a woman named Nancy ; The roomer ; The maple tree ; An unimportant man ; To market, to market -- Sketches and reminiscences : Rachel ; Fond memories of a black childhood ; The gift ; The purse ; The sun parlor ; Remembrance ; An adventure in Moscow ; The cart ; Elephant's dance ; A day lost is a day gone forever ; The legend of Oak Bluffs ; Love ; The flight