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One example cited was an excerpt from James and the Giant Peach, which described the character ant sponge as "fat and pulpy as a jellyfish with a white flabby face that looked as if it had been boiled." The plan, reportedly, is to eliminate this humorous description to avoid "distracting" young readers or offending sensitive audiences, even if it means sacrificing originality and humor.
Similarly, the words "mothers" and "fathers" are being replaced with the more neutral "parents" to avoid potentially confusing children about the origins of babies, a change targeted at shielding readers from the idea of childbirth stories that might offend certain sensibilities.