As well as the title story, in which Alfie's friend Farmer Jones makes sure Alfie gets a proper holiday at Hill Top Farm- even if it means scaring people away, there are five other charming adventures in this collection: The Chocolate Cat, in which an accident with brown paint means Alfie well and truly fools his old adversary, Hack; Alfie's heroic intervention in the capture of local diamond thieves, and the time he uncovers the true identity of Madame Zara - the mysterious Fortune Teller.