Christmas books for BAD child (I) - Edward Gorey系列

要送書書給壞的小孩，最緊要是忘記他們是小孩，要把他們跟惡魔連在一起，嚇爆佢地個膽啦，唔使俾面!


爽爽跟我說不用怕，會陪我看wor。


唔係呀fa，我係壞汪汪，會怕? 不過見人類的女仔在男生面前要扮什麼都怕，0甘我都學下先，好驚呀爽爽!

Edward Gorey是一個怪雞的illustrator，媽咪是怪人，所以都有齊他的書。基本上，不是每一本都看得明，很神化的。不過這本「Cautinary Tales for Children」(story by Hilaire Belloc; illustrated by Edward Gorey)是一本好書，壞小孩必讀:


Book cover and back cover

有兩個特別好的故事:
1) Jim, Who ran away from his nurse, and was eaten by a Lion


唔聽保母話，在動物園走開了的小Jim，最後被獅子吃了

得番個頭.....

2) Matilda, who told lies, and was burned to Death


喜歡講大話的Matilda妹妹，最後被火燒死

變左一縷煙

書中一共有7個故事，除了上述的兩個之外，還有以下的:


- Henry King, Who chewed bits of string, and was early cut off in Dreadful agonies.

- Franklin Hyde, Who caroused in the Dirt, and was corrected by his Uncle.

- Godolphin Horne, Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-black.

- Algernon, Who played with a Loaded Gun, and, on missing his sister, was reprimanded by his father.

- Hildebrand, Who was frightened by a Passing Motor, and was brought to Reason.

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