Le Petit Prince — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Surely not small ’nuff
to warrant a whole novel
writ in romance tongue.
Kane and Abel — Jeffrey Archer
These days when titles
are the names of two people,
they’re prob’ly lovers.
Black Beauty — Anna Sewell
No need to explain.
I bet this beauty was big
and also burly.
Charlotte’s Web — E.B. White
Did Charlotte’s nights end
at dawn, leaving blood and booze
trailing from hotels?
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — C. S. Lewis
What in God’s good name
did the lion and the witch
do in the wardrobe?
The Tale of Peter Rabbit — Beatrix Potter
Must be a misprint!
Peter’s tail must have got ’im
into biiiiig trouble.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar — Eric Carle
Sean’s caterpillar
was hungry enough to eat
seven schoolgirls whole
Dracula — Bram Stoker
It was more than blood
That this vampire liked to suck.
Though used his teeth much.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — Lewis Carroll
What a naughty girl.
Didn’t listen; got dirty.
Got punish’d in ’land.
The Secret Garden — Frances Hodgson Burnett
A euphemism?
You could gain access to here
if you looked real hard.
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