1 How Salim the coachman arrived at his stories without ever leaving his seat
2 Why a strange disquiet interrupted the hitherto quiet comings and goings of seven gentlemen
3 How the old coachman lost his voice and made his friends the talk of the town
4 Why one proposal made Salim happy but caused his friends to quarrel
5 Why one man allowed his voice to be chained, and how he later set it free
6 How Salim without saying a word talked a merchant into lowering his price
7 How one man's hunger for a dream kept everyone else well fed
8 How one person's true story was not believed, whereas his most blatant lie was
9 How a certain man mastered all the lies in the world but missed the one truth right in front of his nose
10 How one man bit his own eye and caused another man to change his view
11 How one man had to hear after death what he had been deaf to while alive
12 Why Salim was sad after giving birth to a beautiful story
13 How one story's magic broke two spells and why seven old men broke into song
14 Why because of Salim I tumbled to the ground and a swallow sailed into the skies