The Devil Mother Crump Author:Valerie Scho Carey, Arnold Lobel (Illustrator) Meet Mother Crump, who is meaner than the devil himself. When he comes sniffing around her bake shop, she uses her bread "peel" (paddle) on him, then lets him go for the price of three wishes. When Death approaches she chases him away and uses two wishes to rid herself of Lucifer's kin, who have been sent for her. The third wish sh... more »e uses on none other than the "old goat-foot." Her soul eventually leaves her body for Heaven where she's refused entry, then Hell where the Devil locks her out and yells, "You're mean enough to go start a Hell of your own." « less