The creature (soon dubbed the "Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon") crashes heavily on Australia (which it is large enough to cover the whole of) and demands that humanity provide him with food. However, astronomers monitoring the sky make a frightening new discovery: an enormous space-being, resembling a dragon, moving from orbit to land on Earth. Time passes, and the Iron Man is treated as merely another member of the community. The Iron Man promises not to cause further trouble for the locals, as long as no one troubles him. To keep him out of the way, Hogarth brings the Iron Man to a scrap-heap to feast. The next spring, the Iron Man digs himself free of the pit. The plan succeeds, and the Iron Man is buried alive. Hogarth, a local boy, lures the Iron Man to the trap. When the farm hands discover their destroyed tractors and diggers, a trap is set consisting of a covered pit on which a red lorry is set as bait. To survive, he feeds on local farm equipment. The Iron Man arrives seemingly from nowhere, and his appearance is described in detail. Expanding the narrative beyond a criticism of warfare and inter-human conflict, Hughes later wrote a sequel, The Iron Woman (1993), describing retribution based on environmental themes related to pollution.
Described by some as a modern fairy tale, it narrates the unexpected arrival in England of a giant "metal man" of unknown origin who rains destruction on the countryside by eating industrial farm equipment, before befriending a small boy and defending the world from a dragon from outer space. “Hughes has never written more compellingly.” Robert Nye, The TimesĪlso available: Read and Respond activities to accompany The Iron Man.The Iron Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights is a 1968 science fiction novel by British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, first published by Faber and Faber in the UK with illustrations by George Adamson. “Reckoned one of the greatest of modern fairy tales.” Observer Written to be read aloud and to stimulate young imaginations, this fierce and beautiful modern classic from former Poet Laureate Ted Hughes deserves a home in every classroom.
But when the Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon, a terrible monster from outer space, tries to lay waste to the planet, it is the Iron Man who helps to save the world… Fusing rich elements from myth, science fiction and fantasy with a compelling message about the power of peace, The Iron Man smoulders with vivid imagery, complemented by dramatic black-and-white artwork. How can mankind stop the dreadful destruction caused by the Iron Man? He cannot be kept down.
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