Illustration for Roald Dahl’s short story, Royal Jelly

Albert and Mabel Taylor resort to feeding their ailing daughter royal jelly with ghastly results. Baby Taylor swells up round as a barrel. And while Albert is thrilled with the result, Mabel worries about the hasty weight gain and sprouting of bristly hairs. Truth be told, the baby girl becomes unsettlingly grubbish. Which, come to think of it, shares a stark similarity to someone else Mabel knows...