The Twits by Roald DahlMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
What do old age pensioners get up to? Most of us see them as little old ladies going shopping and looking after the grandchildren. But what of the selfish ones that decide to shun the rest of Society? Dahl’s short tale describes the old habits of two such people; the very novel tricks they play on each other; and their treatment of outsiders; all with attention to detail of personal hygiene. There is plenty of entertaining background information about each character; apart from Muggle-Wump’s family and the friendly roly-poly bird who becomes Muggle-Wump’s hero towards the end of the story. The antics of the Twits come undone when Muggle-Wump courageously gets his feathered friends get together to take their revenge on the Twits with hilarious results! This si a tale of sure imaginative brilliance; and I shall have to dig out my sequel to this story that I wrote as part of an English assignment.
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