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  • on Hot And Cold by Roald Dahl, on October 16, 2004
    Ah, this has that knifing Roald Dahl humor that I remember from the best of what I've read by him (mostly his children's books, although I also read something about a machine to write stories.) This is a great little poem -- the simple rhymes fit well with the child's perspective, and of course, "I'm feeling devilishly hot" is a perfect conclusion. This is a side of Roald Dahl that relatively few people, even among those who have read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, or at least seen the movie, have seen.