A friend of Kafka.--Guests on a winter night.--The key.--Dr. Beeber.--Stories from behind the stove.--The cafeteria.--The mentor.--Pigeons.--The chimney sweep.--The riddle.--Altele.--The joke.--The primper.--Schloimele.--The colony.--The blasphemer.--The wager.--The son.--Fate.--Powers.--Something is there.