Satire by Alexandra Petri: Other books receive the Roald Dahl edit
”So terrible was it that Frodo stood rooted, unable to cry out or to withdraw his gaze. The Eye was rimmed with fire, but was itself glazed, yellow as a cat’s, watchful and intent, and the black slit of its pupil opened on a pit, a window into nothing."
Most people’s pupils are black, and there is nothing wrong with that! There were a lot of reasons to dislike Sauron, and his physical appearance or the condition of his eyes was the least of them.”Strange to say, there were hairs in the center of his palm. The nails were long and fine, and cut to a sharp point. As the count leaned over me and his hands touched me, I could not repress a shudder.
Gingivitis is a perfectly normal thing to have, and people have hairy hands. The thing that was bad about Count Dracula was that he was a vampire.Before I say anything else, let me note that I, Humbert Humbert, am a bad man. Now, then:“But there I have another name. You must learn to know me by that name. This was the very reason why you were brought to Narnia, that by knowing me here for a little, you may know me better there.”of other religions that are also very good, whether I, C. S.
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