Scary Tales Retold: Dinner of Doom

Scary Tales Retold: Dinner of Doom — page 1 — About the Author Wiley Blevins has taught elementary school in both the United States and South America He has also written over 70 books for children and 15 for teachers as well as created reading programs for schools in the U.S. and Asia with Scholastic Macmillan McGraw Hill Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and other publishers Wiley currently lives and writes in New York City About the Artist When Patrick Girouard was young his teachers regularly scolded him for drawing monsters robots and aliens during class Then he illustrated his first book It was about monsters robots and aliens He currently lives in central Florida surrounded by wild turkeys and alligators

Scary Tales Retold: Dinner of Doom — page 2 — Once in a faraway land lived a powerful king Every day after dinner he had his servant bring in one last covered dish But the king would only eat it in secret

Scary Tales Retold: Dinner of Doom — page 3 — One day the servant became curious He snuck the covered dish into his room locked the door and carefully lifted the lid

Scary Tales Retold: Dinner of Doom — page 4 — Lying on the plate was a delicious looking white snake Surely the king won't notice if I have a tiny bite he said So the servant cut off a piece and swallowed it whole

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