Bernard Friot (1) (1951–)

L'histoire semble classique : un garçon malin qui se fait prendre par les méchantes et qui va s'en sortir par sa malice. Ben, pas tout à fait. Et la fin, la fin ! J'ai adoré la fin. Ce n'est pas tout à fait tout est bien qui finit bien.

A young boy is forced to attend a dinner party put on by his father for executives at his company. He introduces his son as their future boss. The poor child is bored to tears. When his father asks him to go and get the salads for their guests, he decides that he will put a worm (the ones he uses for bait and keeps in the back of the refrigerator) in each salad. The story describes how each person either eats the worm (some do not even notice it is there) or gets rid of it. Of course the show more joke backfires as the boy has to eat his work as well. There was really not much to this story and the illustrations were rather plain. I think little boys might think this is cute, but I am not sure about other children. Overall, I was not impressed.

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a collection of surreal dark humor stories about deranged, homicidal kids who hate their parents, bl.a.

John- Paul's father, the president of a factory, forces John-Paul to attend dinner with his senior executives. Out of boredom, John-Paul slips worms into everyone's salads and watches each of their reactions as they eat the worm.