El joven Tom Austen y su amigo Dietmar viven una apasionante aventura. Una banda de terroristas ha secuestrado a Tom y a su amiga Dianne, hija de un gran industrial de Winnipeg. Tom consigue escapar y empieza una serie de investigaciones que le hacen vivir emocionantes aventuras.

Mr Hiram B. Otis and his family come from modern democratic America to live in old-fashioned England. They move into an old house in the middle of the countryside. As soon as they arrive, they hear a mysterious story about a ghost. Then, very strange things begin to happen. There is a bloodstain which changes colour. There are terrible noises in the night. Finally, Mr and Mrs Otis's only daughter, Virginia, disappears...

There was an empty garden in the middle of a forest. One day, spring breeze brought poppy seeds which dropped there. After a few days, small beautiful poppies appeared, filling the garden with colour and happiness, but the differences among them started to create some problems...

The emperor is always buying new clothes and spending his money on the services of expensive tailors. One day, some intelligent foreigners arrive in palace and decide to teach the emperor a lesson...

O. Henry's stories are very famous. He writes about New York, Texas, Oklahoma ... Money and love are often problems. But how is a story going to finish? You never know. Readers always remember his stories.