This is the second part of three installments reading Roald Dahl's "Revolting Rhymes". In this podcast I read aloud the tales of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.Poem one starts straight after the intro music, poem two starts at 8.20

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Where did the king write to to find a wife?

Why does Dahl describe the mirror as a ‘curious toy’?

After how long did the mirror start to rebel against the queen?

What did the Huntsman really bring back to the queen?

What job did the dwarves used to do?

Which horse does the mirror say will win?

How do the dwarves get money to gamble on it?

Do you think the moral of this story is suitable?

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

How does Dahl feel about Goldilocks at the start of the poem?

What was on the breakfast table?

What does ‘plonked’ mean?

The phrase “lousy chair” could mean one of two things – what could this be?

Where are the beds?

What do the bears end up eating? Is this a suitable finish?

Go through the poem again and note down the negative words used to describe Goldilocks and magpie any new ones.