A collection of fourteen short stoires full of food fights, pirates, wizards and crooks.

The witch's vacuum cleaner -- The great train robbery -- The truly terrible toothache -- The frozen feud -- Darby and the submarine -- The sheep rodeo scandal -- An ant called 4179003 -- The fire opal -- Lord Cake and the battle for Banwen's Beacon -- The time-travelling television -- The Blackbury Park statues -- Wizard War -- The extraordinary adventures of Doggins -- Rincemangle, the Gnome of Even Moor.