This book will prove the following ten facts: 1. A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there. 2. Pigs have wings, making them hard to catch. 3. All power corrupts, but we need electricity. 4. When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, the result is a family fight. 5. Music does not always sooth the troubled beast. 6. An Englishman's home is his castle. 7. The female of the species is more deadly than the male. 8. One black eye deserves another. 9. Space is the final frontier, and so is the sewage farm. 10. It pays to increase your word power.

In addition, Master Twinkle seems convinced that someone is denying him a pair of stripey trousers.

SAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies.

She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

Things we are accustomed to regard as myth or fairy story are very much present in people's lives. Nice people behave like wicked stepmothers. Every day.

You have no right to make jigsaws of people.

Learn to drive?" "Never," said Quentin. "My mission in life is to be a passenger.