CONTENTS
| I. | My Surprise | [11] |
| II. | The First Adventure | [19] |
| III. | He Confides in Me | [27] |
| IV. | About a Stork and a Battle | [33] |
| V. | The Haji Saves the Warrior | [43] |
| VI. | The Sad Story of the Transformation | [51] |
| VII. | The End of Fiam’s Fears | [59] |
| VIII. | Fiam Goes to the War | [67] |
| IX. | Postage Stamps | [73] |
| X. | Fiammiferino Has a Bath | [83] |
| XI. | A Curious Costume | [91] |
| XII. | Fiam as a Mountain Climber | [97] |
| XIII. | A Change of Residence | [103] |
| XIV. | Fiam Overlooks the Battle | [109] |
| XV. | Fiam Wears a Fur Coat | [115] |
| XVI. | Fiam’s Silver Armour | [123] |
| XVII. | A Singular Encounter | [129] |
| XVIII. | I Am Entrusted With a Delicate Mission | [137] |
| XIX. | The Effect of Fiam’s Foresight | [143] |
| XX. | Fiam Goes Forth | [149] |
| XXI. | The Zeal of Dr. Tasa | [159] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| “I Like This Fur” | [Frontispiece] |
| The Little Man Moved | [16] |
| “Look at Me!” | [22] |
| “The Knot is Loose” | [24] |
| “You Are Right,” He Said | [30] |
| “My Friend the Stork Arrived” | [36] |
| “I Must Conquer or Cease to Live” | [46] |
| “You Will Be Adored” | [48] |
| “They Took Me First Into the Valley” | [56] |
| He Read What I Wrote | [64] |
| Going Down From Button to Button | [70] |
| He Hurried Under My Waistcoat | [75] |
| He Walked Over Them | [80] |
| Fiam Began to Dance | [87] |
| He Leaned Over | [87] |
| I Raised Him Up | [88] |
| Fiam Falls In | [89] |
| He Was Dreadfully Humiliated | [95] |
| “It Was a Long Tunnel” | [101] |
| I Found Him a Good Place | [107] |
| “Bravo, Advance!” | [112] |
| “Who is Winning?” | [112] |
| He Was Lying There Immovable | [119] |
| How Proud He Was | [125] |
| He Began to Caper | [126] |
| “I Will Tell You an Important Secret” | [140] |
| “Don’t Lose Time” | [154] |
| I Put Him on the Ground | [157] |
THE LITTLE MATCH MAN
My Surprise