About Really Revolting Rhymes

 

Read the true stories behind the myths, but take heed of

the title of this book and the warning

in these extracts from the Prologue,

 

"Alas, because of verity

As you, dear reader, will soon see,

These stories can be somewhat crude

And some might think they’re slightly rude."

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“And if you’ve little ones about

Don’t read aloud and do not shout.

But if you must, then guard their fears

By using cheese to block their ears!”

 

 

If you are not inhibited by this advice you will read about

the three little pigs and the wolf

"He suffered from digestive gas

In his rear and prone to pass"

 

and

"Jack, vision blurred, head feeling thick,

Had only thoughts of being sick"

 

Sleeping Beauty who was

"Working quietly by the fire

Spinning strands of sharp barbed wire"

 

and the idiot Prince who thought

"That Princesses, if they were true,

Didn’t need to use the loo"

 

80 pages, with illustrations by the renowned comic

illustrator, Mark Bennington.