freakin awesome

Fergal, that was probably the first short story I've ever loved! It's called 'The Swan', and features what was a regular theme in Dahl: the seamless swerve from horrifying realism into (if you think about it equally horrifying) supernatural fantasy. He gets free when the bullies cut him free and tie a dead swan to his back, make him climb a tree and shoot him. He falls out of the tree but somehow flies home, using the swan's wings, before dying in the arms of his mother. It's an incredibly good story.

yes, my asslessness would also be a plus in this situation but there's no way my melonhead squash would fit between train and tie.

beth, tit-allotment is cracking me up.

that story freaked the SHIT out of me as a kid. (xxp)