• 1. About this Book
  • 2. Kon’nichi wa, Ruby
    • a. Opening This Book
    • b. The Dog Story
    • c. The Red Sun Rises
    • d. How Books Start
  • 3. A Quick (and Hopefully Painless) Ride Through Ruby (with Cartoon Foxes)
    • a. Language and I MEAN Language
    • b. The Parts of Speech
    • c. If I Haven't Treated You Like a Child Enough Already
    • d. An Example to Help You Grow Up
    • e. And So, The Quick Trip Came To An Eased, Cushioned Halt
  • 4. Floating Little Leaves of Code
    • a. The Leaf as a Status Symbol in Ambrose
    • b. Small and Nearly Worthless
    • c. Chaining Delusions Together
    • d. The Miracle of Blocks
  • 5. Them What Make the Rules and Them What Live the Dream
    • a. This One's For the Disenfranchised
    • b. A Castle Has Its Computers
    • c. The Continued Story of My Daughter's Organ Instructor
    • d. The Goat Wants to Watch a Whole Film
    • e. The Theft of the Lottery Captain
    • f. Them What Make the Rules
    • g. Them What Live the Dream
  • 6. Downtown
    • a. If I Were Looking For a Vehicle
    • b. Meanwhile, The Porcupine Stops To Fill-Up
    • c. A Sponsored Dragon-Slaying
    • d. So, Let's Be Clear: The Porcupine Is Now To The Sea
    • e. Walking, Walking, Walking, Walking and So Forth
    • f. Just Stopping To Assure You That the Porcupine Hasn't Budged
    • g. I'm Out
  • 7. When You Wish Upon a Beard