The Ocean at the End of the Lane poetry Tolkien was bitten by a

Tolkien was bitten by a huge tarantula — or as he called it

He hires a sheepnotist to hypnotise Wolf out of the habit of eating sheep

But then Melvin notices that the kids at school are acting very strangely

Taken by a creature with way too many teeth and far too many bottoms

introduces us to a kick-ass heroine in Chaya

The Ocean at the End of the Lane poetry Tolkien was bitten by aWritten by Neil Gaiman paperback A groundbreaking work as delicate as a butterflys wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark, The Ocean at the End of the Lane is told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out. A middle aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at