Who wrote the 1980 children's book 'The Twits'?
The Twits The Twits The Twits is a humorous children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It was written in 1979, and first published in 1980. "The Twits" was adapted for the stage in November 2007. The idea of "The Twits" was triggered by Dahl's desire to "do something against beards", because he had an acute hatred of them. The first sentence of the story is, "What a lot of hairy-faced men there are around nowadays!" A hideous, vindictive, spiteful couple known as the Twits live together in a brick house without windows (Mr. Twit reasons that this
The Twits captive monkey Muggle-Wump and his family the idea of using it against the Twits. Using their friend the Roly-Poly Bird as an interpreter of languages, Muggle-Wump and his wife and children convey the warning that any bird landing on the Big Dead Tree will be cooked into Mrs. Twit's Bird Pie. When Mr. Twit, in retaliation, spreads glue on the monkeys' cage (which serves as a substitute perch), the monkeys alter the warning. The birds end up landing on the Twits' roof. This enrages Mr. Twit, who doesn't want to keep waiting for his pie, so the Twits decide to