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Chapters 1-6: "Hairy Faces" - "The Frog"

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Dahl, Roald. The Twits. 1980. Puffin Books, E-book.

• An illustration by Quentin Blake, Roald Dahl’s longtime illustrator, depicts six different bearded men meandering around aimlessly.

• Chapter 1 is entitled "Hairy Faces."

• The narrator begins by stating that "a lot" (1) of men choose to grow beards nowadays and he wonders whether part of the motivation to grow a beard comes from the desire to hide an ugly face.

• The narrator is amazed at the skill it must take to keep a bearded face clean and sanitary.

• The narrator wonders if washing one's beard is as large an undertaking as shampooing and blow-drying one's hair.

• The narrator admits that he does not know the answers to these questions but that perhaps the reader can answer them.

• He suggests that the reader...

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