Fing

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This story is about Myrtle, who wants a Fing and how her parents, Mr and Mrs Meek, try to find one for her. Meet the Meeks. They are funny and people who don’t give up to please their daughter, however dangerous, impossible or an “ARE YOU CRAZY?!!!” situation they are in. Who is this daughter? Her name is Myrtle and she is an absolute HORROR! I think it was very good because nobody knew what would happen next. My favourite character was Fing and Myrtle Meek because Myrtle is always stroppy and gets her own way, like my sister. But what can a child ask for, when they already have everything they could possibly need, and more? Well, a Fing, of course. On their hands and knees under the kitchen table, Mr Meek whispered to his wife, “What are we to do? Our beloved offspring wants a ‘FING’. But I don’t think a ‘FING’ is a real thing. I worry a ‘FING’ is a made-up thing.” “We’ll have to think of SOMEFING – I mean, something,” replied Mrs Meek just before she felt a boot up her bottom. BOOF! “OUCH!” she cried. “SHUT UP DOWN THERE!” came the voice from above. “I can barely hear myself blow off!” “That’s better.” Mr and Mrs Meek were in a panic. If they didn’t come up with some “FING”, there was going to be TROUBLE. BIG TROUBLE.

From the first, I had the feeling this was one of the WWC series, expanded. This was the first time my son has bought a Walliams' on day of publication, as he's such a fan of every other by the author (we've only missed out Awful Auntie). It's taken around 10 nights for me to read it to him, and he's enjoyed it. Mr Stink, Gangsta Granny, The Boy in the Dress and Billionaire Boy have all been adapted into TV comedy dramas. David’s books have also been made into theatre productions including Mr Stink, Gangsta Granny, Ratburger and The First Hippo on the Moon. And Mr and Mrs Meek themselves are spineless simpering cliches, calling each other 'Mother' and 'Father'. There's nothing to them and they don't grow or do anything of note throughout the entire book.The front cover of the books says: “ Fing is an explosively funny tale” - something the children agreed with unanimously.

This follows on from the success of Grandpa’s Great Escape, Awful Auntie, Demon Dentist, Ratburger and Gangsta Granny. All went straight to Children’s number one on release with Gangsta Granny and Billionaire Boy selling over a million copies to date. As well as being a No.1 best-selling Children’s author, David Walliams is one of Britain's most popular writers and comic actors. Stuffed flea. It was so small that it was impossible to see. Turnip shampoo. It made your hair smell “as fresh as a turnip”. Elf. Finger puppets of every king and queen of England from 1066 to the present day. Gravel collection. It was the biggest in Europe.Compared with other books by David Wallliams, this one is shorter and was a fairly easy read for most of my Year 4 children. They absolutely loved the toilet humour - there are lots of poo jokes - and they enjoyed the weird and wonderful names given to the monsters featured in the Monsterpedia.

Myrthe is een verwend kind. Een echt monster. Ze behandelt haar ouders als vuil, scheldt ze uit, en eist alleen maar meer en meer. Op een dag weet ze niet meer wat ze nog kan vragen, ze heeft alles al. En dus eist ze een DINGES, en wel zo snel mogelijk. Haar ouders, meneer en Mevrouw Mak, weten niet wat een dinges is. Gelukkig werken ze in de bibliotheek en daar staat het dinges in een boek: de Monsterpedie. Een dinges is het meest destructieve en slechtste huisdier ter wereld. Toch gaat Papa Mak het oerwoud in om een dinges te vangen. Onderweg komt hij allerlei akelige monsters tegen.As a brand, The World of David Walliams continues to grow: export sales have increased by 77% year on year with growth in every single market and David’s books are published in over 49 languages. Chapter 15: Trap! Chapter 16: Suspicious Droppings Chapter 17: Wiggled, Waggled and Woggled Chapter 18: Double Trouble Chapter 19: Flying Sausage Chapter 20: Furry Finger-Warmer Chapter 21: Hot-Air Fing-Ing Chapter 22: Beard Down to his Belly Button Part 4: Big Fing and Little Fing Chapter 23: How We Laughed Chapter 24: Being British Chapter 25: Wart Chapter 26: A Volcanic Explosion of Tears, Snot and Dribble Chapter 27: Custard-Cream-Induced Frenzy Chapter 28: Gobble! Chapter 29: Big Fing, Meet Little Fing Part 5: Kaboom! Chapter 30: Instant Replay Chapter 31: Pong Chapter 32: Fizzling Fur Chapter 33: Nightmare Chapter 34: Escaped Burp Chapter 35: Behind You Chapter 36: A Ginormous Boot Up the Bottom Chapter 37: Silence Epilogue Footnotes More from the World of David Walliams Also by David Walliams About the Publisher And so begins an adventure so bizarre and hilarious that the kids will not be able to read this book quietly, or put it down until it is finished! RATTLE! Books would fly off the shelves. W H O O S H ! BONK! Pictures would fall off the walls. DUNK! SHATTER! Plaster would shower down from the ceiling. C R U M B L E ! DUNK! Poor Mr and Mrs Meek would be hurled out of bed. DOOF! DOOF! They would scramble to their feet, and immediately run around doing their daughter’s bidding. They gave Myrtle everything. But everything was never, ever enough. Oh no. The girl wanted one more “FING”. Ham slicer. Even though she hated ham. Ice skates made for an elephant. Four of them. Jar containing one of scientist Albert Einstein’s burps.*

One of the characters in this story is Myrtle. You might think she’s cute, but she is a real nightmare. The story is about Myrtle who gets anything she wants from her parents. Her father, Mr Meek, goes to the deepest, darkest, jungliest jungle to get her a…fing! I would recommend this book to anyone who likes comedy and adventure. It tells the simple tale of Mr and Mrs Meek, and Myrtle, their perfectly monstrous daughter. Myrtle is thoroughly spoilt and has everything she could possibly want. But everything isn’t enough. She wants more, more, more! Biblio is another second-hand book marketplace. It is targeted at book collectors and is an excellent place to go to for rare and collectible books. i. Book Conditionszebra dung. It was the only thing she could think of that began with a “z”. One thing Myrtle didn’t have any of was books. Despite her parents being librarians, she DETESTED books and thought they were B-O-O-O-R-R-R-I- I-I-N-N-N-G-G-G!* The girl had all this stuff, a universe of junk, but still she wanted something more. The funny thing was that she just didn’t know what. The story itself is ridiculously simple: brat wants 'Fing' as pet. Parents acquiesce. Parents find said potentially destructive pet. (SPOILER!!) Destruction occurs. A World's Worst Children-like 'serves-you-right ending for spoilt brat' also occurs.