lected from American Falklore by / Alvin Schwartz _Contents STRANGE AND SCARY THINGS 1. “AAAAAAAAAAAH!” The Big Toe 7 - The Walk 11 “What Do You Come For?” 12 . Me Tie Dough-ty Walker! 14 A Man Who Lived in Leeds 17 » Old Woman All Skin and Bone 18 2. HE HEARD FOOTSTEPS COMING UP THE CELLAR STAIRS . . . The Thing 23 - Cold as Clay 25 The White Wolf 27 - The Haunted House 29 The Guests 33 3. THEY EAT YOUR EYES, THEY EAT YOUR NOSE The Hearse Song 39 The Girl Who Stood ona Grave 41 » ANewHorse 43 Alligators 45 + Room for One More 47 The Wendigo 49 + The Dead Man’s Brains 54 “May I Carry Your Basket?” 56 + vii +