Aldi Australia has taken Roald Dahl’s famed children’s book Revolting Rhymes off its shelves after customers complained about it containing the word ‘slut’.
The book of verses was first published in 1982 and retells six well-known fairy tales in a comical way. The offending word features in Dahl’s version of Cinderella, in which the prince is portrayed as a sword-wielding maniac. Describing his encounter with Cinders in her rags, the poem reads: “The Prince cried: “Who’s this dirty slut? /Off with her nut! Off with her nut!”