An antiques collector finds a priceless piece of furniture in a farmhouse. He convinces the owner it's worthless, but buys it for a small sum because, he says, he could use the legs for building something else. While he steps out of the house, the farmer decides to help him out by cutting up the worthless thing for firewood and saving the legs.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |
|
Kiss Kiss | Michael Joseph | Collection | |
| 1960 | Kiss Kiss | McClelland & Stewart | Collection | ||
| February 1960 |
|
Kiss Kiss | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | |
| 1961 |
|
Kiss Kiss | Dell | Collection | |
| 1962 |
|
Kiss Kiss | Penguin Books | Collection | 61 |
| 1965 |
|
Kiss Kiss | Dell | Collection | |
| 1966 | Kiss Kiss | Penguin Books | Collection | 61 | |
| October 1968 |
|
Kiss Kiss | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 74 |
| November 1969 |
|
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | Omnibus | |
| 1970 |
|
Kiss Kiss | Penguin Books | Collection | 61 |
| November 1972 |
|
Kiss Kiss | Pocket Books | Collection | 54 |
| 1977 |
|
My Favourite Story | William Kimber | Anthology | 79 |
| 1978 |
|
Fireside Reader | Reader's Digest | Anthology | 42 |
| May 1978 |
|
The Best of Roald Dahl | Vintage Books | Collection | 142 |
| February 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Michael Joseph | Collection | ||
| February 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Penguin Books | Collection | ||
| September 1979 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | Vintage Books | Collection | 236 |
| 1980 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | Penguin Books | Collection | 193 |
| 1984 |
|
Kiss Kiss | Penguin Books | Collection | 61 |
| September 1986 |
|
Completely Unexpected Tales | Penguin Books | Omnibus | |
| 1990 |
|
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life | Penguin Books | Collection | 12 |
| April 1990 |
|
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 13 |
| August 1990 |
|
The Best of Roald Dahl | Vintage Books | Collection | |
| August 1990 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | Vintage Books | Collection | |
| September 1991 | The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl | Michael Joseph | Omnibus | 49 | |
| 1995 |
|
Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 1 |
| May 1998 |
|
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories | Viking | Collection | 82 |
| March 2000 |
|
Ten Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 91 |
| July 2000 |
|
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories | Puffin / Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 82 |
| September 2001 |
|
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories | Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) | Collection | 79 |
| October 2006 |
|
Collected Stories | Alfred A. Knopf | Collection | 488 |
| September 2008 |
|
Tales of the Unexpected | Penguin Books Australia | Collection | 193 |
| November 2008 |
|
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories | Paw Prints | Collection | |82 |
| June 2013 |
|
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories | Speak / Penguin Books (US) | Collection | |6 |
| September 2013 |
|
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories | Puffin | Collection |