Little Red Riding Hood, from
“The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers.
She whips a pistol from her knickers.”
The Three Little Pigs, from Revolting Rhymes
“Ah, Piglet, you must never trust
Young ladies from the upper crust.”
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
“All you do is to look
At a page in this book
Because that’s where we always will be.
No book ever ends
When it’s full of your friends
The Giraffe and t
George’s Marvellous Medicine
“So give me a bug and a jumping flea,
Give me two snails and lizards three
And a slimy squiggler from the sea
And the poisonous sting of a bumble bee…”
The Centipede, fromJames and the Giant Peach
“I’ve eaten many strange and scrumptious dishes in my time,
Like jellied gnats and dandyprats and earwigs cooked in slime,
And mice with rice – they’re really nice
When roasted in their prime.
(But don’t forget to sprinkle them with just a pinch of grime.)”
The Oompa-Loompas, from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall…”
The Crocodile, from Dirty Beasts
“No animal is half so vile
As Crocky-Wock the crocodile.
On Saturdays he likes to crunch
Six juicy children for his lunch.”
A Little Nut-Tree, from Rhyme Stew
“I had a little nut-tree,
Nothing would it bear.
I searched in all its branches,
But not a nut was there.
‘Oh, little tree,’ I begged,
‘Give me just a few.’
The little tree looked down at me
And whispered, ‘nuts to you.