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A Tribute to Roald Dahl the King of Darkly
2007-09-14 03:21:00 Although Roald is most celebrated for his children’s books I only read them when in my twenties (and enjoyed them immensely). No, I was introduced at the age of ten to the strange and wonderful world of My Uncle Oswald. One of the first books I took out with my new hard earned Adult library card. In those pages I was carried to the Desert Mountains and the legendary scarab beetle, and met the
By: The IWH Inquirer
Google Honors Roald Dahl?s Birthday
2007-09-13 19:30:00 Today, September 13, Google has chose to honor Roald Dahl’s birthday. Roald Dahl died in 1990, but would have been 91 today. Dahl was the author of such books as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and Matilda. To honor Roald, Google have changed their infamous logo on the main screen. I asked ...
Roald Dahl -Charlie and the chocolate factory- Augustus Gloop-
2006-01-28 21:49:00 Charlie and the chocolate factoryRoald Dahl (Wales, 1916-1990)Augustus GloopAugustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop!The great big greedy nincompoop!How long could we allow this beastTo gorge and guzzle, feed and feastOn everything he wanted to?Great Scott! It simply wouldn't do!However long this pig might live,We're positive he'd never giveEven the smallest bit of funOr happiness to anyone.So what we do in cases suchAs this, we use the gentle touch,And carefully we take the bratAnd turn him into something thatWill give great pleasure to us all?A doll, for instance, or a ball,Or marbles or a rocking horse.But this revolting boy, of course,Was so unutterably vile,So greedy, foul, and infantileHe left a most disgusting tasteInside our mouths, and so in hasteWe chose a thing that, come what may,Would take the nasty taste away.'Come on!' we cried, 'The time is ripeTo send him shooting up the pipe!He has to go! It has to be!'And very soon, he's going to seeInside the room to which he's go...
By: Poemas en ingles
Roald Dahl -Charlie and the chocolate factory- Roald Dahl-
2006-01-28 21:41:00 Charlie and the chocolate factoryRoald Dahl (Wales, 1916-1990)Violet Beauregarde"Dear friends, we surely all agreeThere's almost nothing worse to seeThan some repulsive little bumWho's always chewing chewing gum.(It's very near as bad as thoseWho sit around and pick the nose).So please believe us when we sayThat chewing gum will never pay;This sticky habit's bound to sendThe chewer to a sticky end.Did any of you ever knowA person called Miss Bigelow?This dreadful woman saw no wrongIn chewing, chewing all day long.She chewed while bathing in the tub,She chewed while dancing at her club,She chewed in church and on the bus;It really was quite ludicrous!And when she couldn't find her gum,She'd chew up the linoleum,Or anything that happened near?A pair of boots, the postman's ear,Or other people's underclothes,And once she chewed her boy friend's nose.She went on chewing till, at last,Her chewing muscles grew so vastThat from her face her giant chinStuck out just like a violin.F...
By: Poemas en ingles
Roald Dahl -Charlie and the chocolate factory- Veruca Salt-
2006-01-28 21:33:00 Charlie and the chocolate factoryRoald Dahl (Wales, 1916-1990)Veruca SaltCharlie and the Chocolate Factory)"Veruca Salt, the little brute,Has just gone down the garbage chute,(And as we very rightly thoughtThat in a case like this we oughtTo see the thing completely through,We've polished off her parents, too.)Down goes Veruca! Down the drain!And here, perhaps, we should explainThat she will meet, as she descends,A rather different set of friendsTo those that she has left behind?These won't be nearly so refined.A fish head, for example, cutThis morning from a halibut.'Hello! Good morning! How d'you do?How nice to meet you! How are you?'And then a little further downA mass of others gather round:A bacon rind, some rancid lard,A loaf of bread gone stale and hard,A steak that nobody could chew,An oyster from an oyster stew,Some liverwurst so old and grayOne smelled it from a mile away,A rotten nut, a reeky pear,A thing the cat left on the stair,And lots of other things as well,Eac...
By: Poemas en ingles
Roald Dahl -Charlie and the chocolate factory- Mike Teavee-
2006-01-28 21:17:00 Charlie and the chocolate factoryRoald Dahl (Wales, 1916-1990)Mike TeaveeThe most important thing we've learned,So far as children are concerned,Is never, NEVER, NEVER letThem near your television set?Or better still, just don't installThe idiotic thing at all.In almost every house we've been,We've watched them gaping at the screen.They loll and slop and lounge about,And stare until their eyes pop out.(Last week in someone's place we sawA dozen eyeballs on the floor.)They sit and stare and stare and sitUntil they're hypnotised by it,Until they're absolutely drunkWith all the shocking ghastly junk.Oh yes, we know it keeps them still,They don't climb out the window sill,They never fight or kick or punch,They leave you free to cook the lunchAnd wash the dishes in the sink?But did you ever stop to think,To wonder just exactly whatThis does to your beloved tot?IT ROTS THE SENSES IN THE HEAD!IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD!IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND!IT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND B...
By: Poemas en ingles
Roald Dahl -Charlie and the great glass elevator- Wonkavite-
2006-01-28 20:40:00 Charlie and the great glass elevatorRoald Dahl (Wales, 1916-1990)Wonkavite"If you are old and have the shakes, If all your bones are full of aches, If you can hardly walk at all, If living drives you up the wall, If you're a grump and full of spite, If you're a human parasite, THEN WHAT YOU NEED IS WONKA?VITE! Your eyes will shine, your hair will grow, Your face and skin will start to glow, Your rotten teeth will all drop out And in their place new teeth will sprout. Those rolls of fat around your hips Will vanish, and your wrinkled lips Will get so soft and rosy?pink That all the boys will smile and wink And whisper secretly that this Is just the girl they want to kiss! But wait! For that is not the most Important thing of which to boast. Good looks you'll have, we've told you so, But looks aren't everything, you know. Each pill, as well, to you will give AN EXTRA TWENTY YEARS TO LIVE! So come, old friends, and do what's right! Let's make your lives as bright as bright! Let...
By: Poemas en ingles
Roald Dahl -Cinderella-
2006-01-28 20:16:00 CinderellaRoald Dahl (Wales, 1916-1990)I guess you think you know this story.You don't. The real one's much more gory.The phoney one, the one you know,Was cooked up years and years ago,And made to sound all soft and sappyjust to keep the children happy.Mind you, they got the first bit right,The bit where, in the dead of night,The Ugly Sisters, jewels and all,Departed for the Palace Ball,While darling little CinderellaWas locked up in a slimy cellar,Where rats who wanted things to eat,Began to nibble at her feet.She bellowed 'Help!' and 'Let me out!The Magic Fairy heard her shout.Appearing in a blaze of light,She said: 'My dear, are you all right?''All right?' cried Cindy .'Can't you see'I feel as rotten as can be!'She beat her fist against the wall,And shouted, 'Get me to the Ball!'There is a Disco at the Palace!'The rest have gone and 1 am jalous!'I want a dress! I want a coach!'And earrings and a diamond brooch!'And silver slippers, two of those!'And lovely nyl...
By: Poemas en ingles
Roald Dahl -Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf-
2006-01-28 20:02:00 Little Red Riding Hood and the WolfRoald Dahl (Wales, 1916-1990)As soon as Wolf began to feelThat he would like a decent meal,He went and knocked on Grandma's door.When Grandma opened it, she sawThe sharp white teeth, the horrid grin,And Wolfie said, "May I come in?"Poor Grandmamma was terrified,"He's going to eat me up!" she cried.And she was absolutely right.He ate her up in one big bite. But Grandmamma was small and tough,And Wolfie wailed, "That's not enough!I haven't yet begun to feelThat I have had a decent meal!"He ran around the kitchen yelping,"I've got to have a second helping!"Then added with a frightful leer,"I'm therefore going to wait right hereTill Little Miss Red Riding HoodComes home from walking in the wood."He quickly put on Grandma's clothes,(Of course he hadn't eaten those).He dressed himself in coat and hat.He put on shoes, and after that,He even brushed and curled his hair,Then sat himself in Grandma's chair.In came the little girl in red.She stopped....
By: Poemas en ingles
Roald Dahl -The three little pigs-
2006-01-28 19:36:00 The three little pigsRoald Dahl (Wales, 1916-1990)The animal I really dig,Above all others is the pig.Pigs are noble. Pigs are clever,Pigs are courteous. However,Now and then, to break this rule,One meets a pig who is a fool.What, for example, would you say,If strolling through the woods one day,Right there in front of you you sawA pig who'd built his house of STRAW?The Wolf who saw it licked his lips,And said, "That pig has had his chips." "Little pig, little pig, let me come in!""No, no, by the hairs on my chinny-chin-chin!""Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house in!"The little pig began to pray,But Wolfie blew his house away.He shouted, "Bacon, pork and ham!Oh, what a lucky Wolf I am!"And though he ate the pig quite fast,He carefully kept the tail till last.Wolf wandered on, a trifle bloated.Surprise, surprise, for soon he notedAnother little house for pigs,And this one had been built of TWIGS!"Little pig, little pig, let me come in!""No, no, by the hairs on my...
By: Poemas en ingles
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