The narrator introduces Mr. Twit as a disgustingly bearded man who never washes his face.

Mrs. Twit drops her glass eye into Mr. Twit's beer and warns him she is always watching.

Mr. Twit hides a frog in Mrs. Twit's bed, causing her to faint when it wriggles on her feet.

Mrs. Twit serves Mr. Twit a bowl of spaghetti secretly mixed with worms, then cackles at his disgust.

Mr. Twit secretly adds pieces of wood to Mrs. Twit's walking stick, convincing her she is shrinking.

Mr. Twit ties Mrs. Twit's ankles to an iron ring and attaches helium balloons to stretch her upward.

Mr. Twit cuts Mrs. Twit's feet free from the iron ring, sending her soaring up into the sky.

Mr. Twit paints the branches of a dead tree with Hugtight glue every week to trap birds for pie.

The Roly-Poly Bird flies around the garden singing a warning that keeps all the birds from the glued tree.

Mr. Twit finds the birds on the roof mocking him and the Twits decide to go buy shotguns.

The Roly-Poly Bird fetches the key to the monkey cage and Muggle-Wump leads his family to freedom.

The animals coat the ceiling of the Twits' living room with Hugtight glue.

The animals pull up the carpet and stick all the furniture upside down to the glued ceiling.

The Twits stand on their heads inside the inverted room and become stuck to the floor by the glue.

Fred the gas meter reader finds only empty shoes and bundles of clothes — the Twits have completely vanished.

The Twits are introduced as a grotesque, mean-spirited couple who spend their days tormenting each other with increasingly elaborate tricks. Their cruelty extends beyond each other to the animals they keep captive, including a family of monkeys forced to perform upside-down circus stunts. When the Roly-Poly Bird arrives and begins warning birds away from the Twits' glue-covered tree, the animals gain the upper hand for the first time. Furious at being outsmarted, the Twits leave to buy guns, giving the monkeys the chance they need to escape and enact their revenge. The animals turn the entire living room upside down and trap the Twits with their own glue, causing them to stand on their heads and contract the shrinks. The Twits disappear entirely, and the world rejoices.

The Twits' cruelty and the animals' revenge.

The narrator reveals Mrs. Twit was once pretty but years of ugly thoughts slowly made her ugly.

Mr. Twit secretly raises Mrs. Twit's chair legs so her feet no longer reach the floor, deepening her fear.

Mrs. Twit bites through the balloon strings one by one until she floats safely back down to earth.

Mrs. Twit lands on top of Mr. Twit in the garden and beats him furiously with her walking stick.

The narrator describes the Twits' windowless, prison-like house and its garden cage full of miserable monkeys.

Four boys climb the glued tree, get their pants stuck, and Mr. Twit threatens to bake them in a pie.

A quick-thinking boy tells the others to wriggle free of their pants, and all four escape barefoot.

The Twits are revealed as former circus monkey trainers who force the monkeys to practice upside-down stunts six hours daily.

Mr. Twit finds the birds sitting on the monkey cage laughing at him instead of stuck to the tree.

An enraged Mr. Twit coats the monkey cage with Hugtight glue after the birds avoid the tree.

The Roly-Poly Bird warns the birds a second time, singing that glue now covers both the tree and the cage.

The Twits order the monkeys to hold an upside-down tower and head into town to buy guns.

Muggle-Wump announces the animals will turn the Twits upside down before escaping for good.

Two ravens brush Hugtight glue onto the tops of the Twits' heads as the couple walks back into the garden.

The Roly-Poly Bird offers to fly the monkeys back to Africa before the bitter winter arrives.

This pool highlights the moments surrounding the Twits' escalating cruelty and the animals' growing resistance. Mrs. Twit's past beauty and her ugliness born from mean thoughts establish the couple's rotten characters early on, while tricks like the raised chair legs and boys escaping the glued tree show how their nastiness affects everyone around them. The animals' backstory as former circus performers under the Twits' control reveals why the monkeys are so desperate to escape. As the Twits grow angrier at being outwitted by the birds, they take increasingly drastic steps, eventually leaving home to buy guns and handing the animals their golden opportunity. The chapter-by-chapter buildup of the animals' plan — from Muggle-Wump's declaration to the ravens painting glue on the Twits' heads — shows teamwork overcoming cruelty step by step. The pool closes with the Roly-Poly Bird's promise to carry the monkeys home to Africa, offering a warm resolution for the animals.

Tricks, captive animals, and the plan taking shape.

The narrator urges readers to look closely at hairy-faced men and start questioning what they see around them.

After Mrs. Twit flees in terror, the frog happily splashes in the water and falls asleep on her pillow.

While being stretched, Mrs. Twit asks whether her feet are tied down tightly, unknowingly giving Mr. Twit the idea to cut her loose.

Thousands of birds flock from miles around to stare at Mrs. Twit as her skirts billow through the sky.

Mr. Twit sits in the garden celebrating with a mug of beer, convinced he has finally rid himself of his wife.

The captive monkeys beg the newly arrived Roly-Poly Bird to translate their warning to the English-speaking birds.

The animals steal the Hugtight glue and break into the Twits' house to set Muggle-Wump's plan in motion.

The animals stick every picture and knick-knack upside down to the ceiling, completing the room's total transformation.

The Roly-Poly Bird spots the Twits returning early and all the animals scramble back to their positions.

The Twits rush inside the house, certain that birds have fouled the tops of their heads.

Inside the upside-down room, the Twits panic completely, unable to understand what has happened to their home.

Mr. Twit declares they must stand on their heads so the world will look right-side up again.

Stuck upside down on the floor, the Twits argue bitterly over who is to blame as the shrinks begin to set in.

The monkeys build a temporary home in a nearby tree but despair at the thought of surviving winter alone.

Everyone, including Fred the gas meter reader, shouts HOORAY upon learning the Twits have disappeared forever.

This pool traces the pivotal moments that shift the balance of power in the story, from the narrator's opening challenge to question the world, through the small decisions and revelations that lead to the Twits' downfall. Early turning points — like Mrs. Twit unwittingly giving Mr. Twit the idea to cut her loose — show how the Twits' own careless cruelty works against them. The arrival of the Roly-Poly Bird marks the decisive shift, as it removes the language barrier that had kept the monkeys from protecting the birds. Muggle-Wump's plan comes together through careful collaboration, and each small action — stealing the glue, completing the room, spotting the Twits returning — is a critical step toward the animals' victory. The Twits' panic inside the upside-down room reveals how their inability to think clearly seals their fate. The pool ends with the world celebrating their disappearance, confirming that a lifetime of cruelty ultimately leads to nothing.