An extract from The Twits by Roald Dahl

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This is an extract from The Twits by Roald Dahl. I used this piece for one of my college assignments in which we had to do a dramatic reading from a piece of fictional prose. I like piece because, whilst it is written for children, it is diverse in that it can be performed in many ways.

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Language

English

Voice Age

Young Adult (18-35)

Accents

British (General)

Transcript

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an extract from the twits by Roald Dahl. You can play a lot of tricks with the glass eye because you can take a delight and pop it back in again Any time you like, You can bet your life Mrs. Twitter knew all the tricks. One morning she took Aitor glass. I, um, dropped it into Mr Twit smoke of beer when he wasn't looking. Mr. Twits out there drinking the beer. Slowly, the froth made a white ring on the hairs around his mouth. He wiped the white frost onto his sleeve on Dwight to sleeve on his trousers. You're plotting something. Mrs Twit said keeping her back turned so he wouldn't see that she'd taken on her glass eye. Whenever you go all quiet like that, I know very well you're plotting something. Mrs. Twit was right. Mr Twit was plotting away like mad. He was trying to think up a really nasty trick. He could play on his wife that day. You'd better be careful, Mrs Twit said. Because when I see you starting to plot, I watch you like a one. But oh, do Shut up, you old hike. Mr Twit said he went on drinking his beer on his evil mind, kept working away on the latest horrid trick. He was going to play on the old woman. Suddenly, as Mr Twit tipped the last drop of beer down his throat, he caught sight of Mrs Tweets. Awful glass eye staring up at him from the bottom of the mug. It made him jump. I told you I was watching you cackled, Mrs Twit. I've got eyes everywhere, so you'd better be careful.