Roald dahl poems dirty beasts

1983 poetry collection by Road Dahl

Dirty Beasts is a 1983 collection of Roald Dahl poems about unsuspecting animals.^[1] Intended to be a follow-up to Revolting Rhymes, the original Jonathan Cape edition was illustrated by Rosemary Fawcett.

Roald dahl poems dirty beasts

In 1984, a revised edition was published with illustrations by Quentin Blake.

Poems

The book contains nine poems, telling of the unusual exploits of unsuspecting real animals (save for the Tummy Beast, who is made up).

They are as follows:

• "The Pig" – When a genius pig realizes that he is born for humans to eat, he turns on his owner the farmer and eats him instead.
• "The Crocodile" – An unnamed father tells his son in bed about Crocky-Wock, a crocodile who eats six children each Saturday, preferably three boys (who he smears with mustard to make them hot) and three girls (who he dips in butterscotch and caramel for a sweet taste).

  Little did they know that Crocky-Wock is more than just a tal