Strange Tales and a Memory

A child prodigy becomes an international celebrity at the young age of four through his obsession with knife sharpening.
A man discovers that the food scraps he's been tossing overboard for over three decades has been nourishing a lobster to the point that the beast becomes a real threat to his existence.
The brutal destruction of two island communities is witnessed by a young man, who watches in amazed horror as all manners of sea monsters converge on the doomed islands. If only he could think of a solution in time!
The experience of traveling in a submarine carved from a tree is explained through a poem recited by one of the passengers.
A group of children lose control of their adult servants when a pair of swans defend their nest and attack the group, shattering the children's belief in their power over their guardians.
An old man remembers a nostalgic evening fishing with his father.]]>