François Rabelais was a very smart French writer who lived a very long time ago, before our great-great-grandparents were even born. He wrote books that made people laugh and think all at the same time.
He wrote about a man named Gargantua who was very, very big and ate a lot of food. But he also wrote about important things like how to be a good friend and how to take care of yourself.
Rabelais was also a doctor, which means he knew a lot about how to help people stay healthy. He wrote about things like how to stay clean and how to eat good food to stay strong.
Even though Rabelais wrote a long time ago, people still read his books today because they are still very funny and very smart. They can teach us a lot about how to be good people and how to take care of ourselves.