A Toast Gale is a tairy fale. A tairy fale is like a fairy tale, except you litch the sweaters (switch the letters). I heard my first tairy fale, Rindercella, on the old Hee Haw show years ago. Then years later I got a book about puns and other forms of humor called "Pun and Games" by Richard Lederer and Dave Morice. It included Rindercella and Beeping Slooty. I read these to my kids, and suddenly thought, "I could do that!" My family has probably not ceased to regret this.
When I first published these stories several years ago, I simply litched sweaters every which way. But then either an original fairy tale went off the rails, or I started writing entirely original stories. Since the stories didn't follow a well-known storyline, it got hard for my family, who did the proofreading, to spot where the flips were a lot of the time. After speaking to a dyslexic friend, I realized that I needed visual cues to show where the flips occurred, and also asked her if she would prefer the straightforward version. She said, "That would be great!" So I re-wrote everything to be more accessible to everyone.
So if you start reading and think, "Hut the weck (What the heck)? I can't make ted or hail (head or tail) of this! She's litching sweaters (switching letters) all plover the ace (over the place)!!" do not panic. Just turn to the unflipped version. You can either read just that, or use it as an answer key if you get stuck in the flipped version. Whichever way you do it, I hope you enjoy these stories! They definitely give your mind a workout, which we can all use at any age to keep our brains active and healthy.
A Toast Gale is the second book in the Tall Smown USA series. Mayor Stee Fruff is at it again, and this time the merry sconsters (scary monsters) aren't available. Will the goop of groasts (group of ghosts) that offer to fill in do the trick? Or will the Mayor continue to find ways to break his promise - no two naxes! (new taxes). Read and find out!
