Thursday 7 September 2017

Party Games with Mrs Snake

Party Games with Mrs Snake (1992) Post 251
Party Games with Mrs Snake is a small hardback I wrote under licence back in the 1990s. In this story, Mrs Snake and her friend, Mrs Goanna, are trying to catch Blinky with the view of eating him. In fact, Mrs Snake has her menu all planned out. She makes various attempts on Blinky, all foiled by Marcia Mouse and his other friends. Finally, she invites Blinky and friends to a party (the invitation has an excess of esses according to Nutsy) and the party games begin.

At one point Mrs Snake looks like a chocolate-covered draught-excluder. I rather like that description.

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2 comments:

  1. Wasn't the snake's name Cynthia Python?

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  2. She's Mrs Snake in the older stories I think. Her friemd was Mrs Goanna

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