Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion. Four stories are told simultaneously, with each double-page spread divided into quadrants. The stories do not necessarily take place at the same moment in time, but are they really one story?

Follows a tour of the bathroom and the sewer system, from the family toilets to municipal water treatment plants.

Provides an introduction to a medieval castle, showing how people lived inside and how castles defenses worked to protect them from their enemies.