Funny story that I read in preparation of an escape room which was based on this. Giving it the benefit of the doubt and giving it three stars.

(01 Mar 1980). I have never read a story, as it seems all the way very funny! Here a husband and wife, unable to get their new baby to feed, hit upon a novel and disturbing solution . Eccentric character Albert Tayler refers to beekeeping magazines and scientific research discussing the great benefits of the magical royal substance. With Roald Dahl, Timothy West, Susan George, Andrew Ray.

Wow Roald Dahl did have some imigination, I remember this being a tales of unexpected episode which my friend kirsty loved.

From what I have been able to find, it seems that Hill and Burdett’s research made claims about rat fertility and royal jelly (in relation to vitamin E) but later research has shown that their experiments weren’t set up in a proper way to obtain reliable data, so their conclusions were misrepresentations. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Albert Taylor PosesAlbert is flamboyantly gesticulative, brazen, mischievous, and a maniac lost in the constructs of the reality he's created for his family. Read by Oliver-award-winning actor Adrian Scarborough. I simply love the author and I can't digest the fact that he has CRAWLED all over me in this story. Albert admits to putting royal jelly in their daughter's milk, and Mabel asks him to stop. All fixed now. Mabel is frightened because the child won't eat and has been losing weight since birth. As Will Smith joins the cast of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" for a reunion on HBO Max, we take a look at his rise to fame. It was included in Dahl's 1960 collection Kiss Kiss and his 1979 collection Tales of the Unexpected, and later published as a standalone volume in 2011[1] and included in the February 1983 issue of Twilight Zone Magazine. Actually one of my favorites. Mabel is frightened because the child won't eat and has been losing weight since birth.

The Tales of the Unexpected episode follows the story closely, but keeps the daughter concealed until the final reveal at the end.

Finally Albert admits that he himself ate royal jelly in an effort to increase his fertility, which obviously worked as their daughter was conceived soon after. [2][3], The story was adapted as an episode of the series Tales of the Unexpected in 1980, featuring Timothy West and Susan George as the couple.[4]. The most impressive story he puts forward about the fertility powers of royal jelly is that a ninety-year old guy sired a healthy boy after taking minute doses of royal jelly in capsule form. Mabel begins to realise how much her husband resembles a gigantic bee, and how their daughter looks like a large grub.

At the end of the story, Albert says, "Why don't you cover her up, Mabel? In fact you can search up "Royal Jelly by Roald Dahl" on the Internet and you will see I have an accurate summary. And this is one remarkable answer I found: According to research conducted by R. Krell at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, royal jelly will help underfed children to gain in weight, more hemoglobin and red blood cells . Royal jelly is a glandular secretion produced by the nurse bees to feed the larvae immediately after they have hatched from the egg. If you’re looking to get your young reader into the Halloween spirit by... A brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail.In Royal Jelly, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature.