More silly stories about the Willigrews. The Willigrews find a strange creature wandering about the village looking for puddles. Krowfin is upset because someone or something is stealing his pilchards. Strange spirits are seen in the forest. Rumours of fierce dragons, fairies and all types of monsters are told that live on the Mighty Stump of Doom. On a cold snow day Longstint finds an egg. What will happen when it hatches. The alien invasion is not what it seems, a child is abducted and turned into ready meal.