Raging Robots & Unruly Uncles [antikvár]

Uncle Jasper and his Seven Sons Wicked Uncle Jasper was a villain by profession. He had seven sons, all boys, and all named after great villains of history — Caligula, Nero, Genghis, Tarquin, Belshazzar, Adolph and little Jack. Naturally their father wanted them to follow in his wicked footsteps and sent them to a very select School for Villains, but it was idle to pretend that they were doing at all well. "What's this?" cried Uncle Jasper in horror as he read their school reports. "Caligula is at the bottom of the class in Despicable Treason, and though Nero is well up in Music he has totally failed in Utter Selfishness. Genghis — I hoped much from you, but your marks in Persecution are a disgrace and Tarquin, Tarquin — what can I say to a boy who has done so poorly in Cheating and Embezzlement. Belshazzar seems to be a dead loss at Robbery with Violence, and Adolph would be better at embroidery and stamp collecting than he is at Bribery and Corruption and as for little Jack — words fail me. You are bringing me grey hairs in sorrow to the grave." (But this was just a poetic way of speaking as Jasper had no grey hairs that you'd notice, because he touched them up with a good brand of hair dye.) "We do our best, Dad," said Caligula, "but it's all so boring." "Not good enough!" Jasper cried, hitting the table with his riding crop. (He didn't go riding but he kept a good supply of riding crops around the house especially for hitting the table with whenever he lost his temper.) "That's not good 7