Three kids dislike they food that their mother gives them. They start hiding it under the floor, and eat only the dessert. The floor starts smelling very bad and one that it explodes and falls on one of the kids. They learn their lesson and now they eat everything they are given.

Edgar, Allan, And Poe and the Tell-Tale Beets by Natalie Rompella is a humorous retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's the Tell-Tale Heart. In the story the three boys, Edgar, Allan and Poe are served disgusting food by their mother that they must eat if they wish to have dessert. The boys discover a lose floorboard under their chairs that they then use to hid the food they don't like under in order to get dessert. Eventually the floorboard becomes so full of disgusting food that a smell begins to emerge, and the boys can hear the sounds of their foods coming from underneath. Eventually the smell and the sounds drive the boys crazy and they confess what they have been doing to their mother. This is a humorous story that helps to teach kids that you should always eat your supper, while introducing them to the classic works of literature. ( )