THE TWITS

By Roald Dahl

Synopsis

Mr & Mrs Twit are ugly and play horrid tricks on each other and other creatures. But when the Roly-Poly Bird flies in from Africa, all the creatures devise a plan to give the Twits a hideous surprise.

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Narrator	Richard Simpson
Length	1hr 15mins
Catalogue No.	616005
Publisher	Knopf

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