Summary

Mr. Twit Gets a Horrid Shock – Mr. Twit is stunned to see his wife coming back down from the sky. She shouts and calls him names, and vows to have revenge. Before Mr. Twit can run away, Mrs. Twit lands on him and whacks him with her stick.

The House, the Tree, & the Monkey Cage – The narrator explains the story must now move beyond two nasty people doing nasty things to one another. The narrator explains the house in which Mr. and Mrs. Twit live looks like a prison because it has no windows. The garden, full of thistles and stinging-nettles, is the work of Mrs. Twit. Not far from the house is the Big Dead Tree, Mr. Twit’s workshop, and the monkey cage, full of four monkeys, all of whom...