ROALD DAHL - AUTHOR: The Twits

First published 1980.

Mr. and Mrs. twit, two useless, smelly and unfriendly married people who have nothing better to do than play practical jokes and pranks on each other, have their monkeys stand upside down all the time, and make bird pie with the birds that they catch using their glue on the tree.

Roly-Poly bird saves the day by warning the birds about the tree and helps the monkeys to escape. The monkeys and birds then take revenge by literally turning the Twit's house upside down while they were out! When the Twits come home they have to go upside down and get stuck to the floor because of the special glue the monkeys and birds used. They were stuck to the floor forever and the monkeys and birds were free!

Mrs. Twits Gets A Stretching