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inside! Writingdialogue Organizing 4 Illustrations © Quentin Blake know the personality of the Giant, they are not afraid like the other children; they are able to see past hisappearance. past see to areable they children; afraid arenot like theother they oftheGiant, thepersonality know and have thebook they read because later: to back come discussionpointto interesting an provide athim.Thiscould looking NOTE: If have read children already POSSIBLE DISCUSSIONPOINTS: Why dothechildren thinkthisis? were withothergroups Compare themostcommon? intheclass.Whichfeelings these their neck). at whentheGiantstared them(e.g. fear,they experienced terror, hairsstandinguponthebackof In groups, allthefeelings give ofpaper thechildren ashorttimelimittowritedownononesheet STARTER TASK: INTRODUCTION: describing him.How thattheGiant whenthey dotheydescribing atthem? isstaring realize feel astheauthoris to picturethecharacter ashardtheygiantto try can figure.Askthem outofthewindow into thedarknightatthisstrange peering imaginethey areSophie, and to theireyes close asthey theclass.Askthemto listen oftheBFGto aloudthisdescription Read The simile ‘as sharp as a knife’ is used to describe the figure’s nose: why thefigure’s isthisafrightening nose: todescribe • Thesimile‘as sharpasaknife’isused intimidated byotherswhoare• The‘enormous’ biggerthan oftenfeel people sizeofthefigure: • Whichadjectives create offear about thefigure? afeeling (Page 4) them. about look and devilish was afierce atSophie.There straight staring were theeyes and eyes, flashing bright two were thenosethere above and Thenosewas as sharpasaknife, ears. enormous themost with face wrinkly pale long enormous ofan Sophiecaughtaglimpse themoonlight, In • • • LESSON OBJECTIVES: • • BOOK THEMES: associations asaknife? associations thechildren think ofanothersimileforimage? Can sharpthat wouldnotcarrythesamescary them. Why isthis? To anexciting plot devise To understandthat weshouldnotjudgeothersbytheway theylook To create interesting characters Judging byappearances Unlikely friendship www.roalddahl.com The BFG The @roald_dahl , they may have said that they feel ‘excited’ imagined feel they mayhave or‘happy’when thatthey , they said LESSON PLAN1 In associationwith

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inside! 5 Illustrations © Quentin Blake looking lady, ratherlooking tobe nasty? whohappens likely that like avery sheisoutlandishly thegiants?Ormightshe be ordinary- scary-looking, –dothechildren thinkitis ofherinthebook runs Sophie’sorphanage.There is nodescription anothercruelcharacter that discuss wehear aboutcould in TheBFG:MrsClonkers, theladywho horribleontheoutside? look You andcruel.Dothechildrenviolent thinkthat allcruelpeople is andtheirbehaviour –theyaredo actuallymatch largeandscary-looking, their appearances you withtheclass thatNOTE: may Atthispoint, wishtodiscuss theothergiants’personalities children oftheirfavourite toread aloudsome Choose match results. theirappearance. necessarily ofthecardstocreateNow askthechildren that toswitchsome don’t characters withpersonalities ontheoutside. they look Giant, despitetheway that You helooked. islike whataperson insidefrom cannottell theway a bitdifferent, a Friendly out But tobe theBFGturned shethoughtthat abadperson. hewould be helooked because onhisappearance: Remind thechildren theBFGbased that judged Sophiealso appearances? matches? What ontheir assumptionshave based wemadeabout thecharacters’ personalities, When thechildren have theresults. allthegroups Did matched make thecards, discuss thesame finish first! PERSONALITY card.Setashorttimelimitfor thistaskandchallengethepairs/groups to torace The children’s firsttaskistomatch cardtothemostlikely eachAPPEARANCE corresponding for eachpair/small group inyour class. tohaveFor thistask,you andPERSONALITYcards prepared willneed enoughAPPEARANCE MAIN TASK: Sophie isafraid ofhim–shehasmadeassumptionsabout hispersonality. thequestions withthechildren, Discuss drawing oftheway theBFGlooks, out that, because towardstheGiantchange? • Howdoherfeelings shethinkthis? • Why does • What Sophiethink theGiantisgoingtodo? does about thefollowing questions astheyread: Provide thechildren withtheextracts toread orinpairs.Askthechildren individually tothink MAIN TASK: PART ONE PART TWO www.roalddahl.com @roald_dahl LESSON PLAN1 In associationwith

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inside! 6 Illustrations © Quentin Blake gloriumptious similes? words theycanthinkof–and,asanextra upwithsome stretch, brain-boggling cantheycome themostdelumptiouslyexciting andpersonality.character’s Askthemtouse appearance character, their includingasmuch can,before goingontodescribe detailastheypossibly children provided, shoulddraw Using theworksheet andlabel apicture oftheir personality! matchChallenge children not tocreate their does appearance theirowncharacter whose MAIN TASK: the lesson started? Why? started? given thelesson thistaskbefore if theyhadbeen like.might look Wouldthechildren have drawn thecharacter differently personality, whilethe otherchildren draw what theythinkthecharacter oftheircharacter’s achildtoread aloudtheirdescription Choose PLENARY: PART THREE www.roalddahl.com @roald_dahl LESSON PLAN1 In associationwith

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inside! 7 Illustrations © Quentin Blake gobblying cannybull!’ heshouted. white bread. teeth wereverywhiteandsquaretheysatinhismouthlikehugeslicesof outwards fromhisheadashewished. was asbigthewheelofatruckandheseemedtobeablemovetheminwards and putheronthetable. The GiantpickedupthetremblingSophiewithonehandandcarriedheracrosscave From 3:‘TheBFG’ Chapter EXTRACT ONE The Giantletoutabellowoflaughter. ‘JustbecauseIisagiant,youthinkman- ‘P .pleasedon’t eatme,’ Sophiestammered. ‘I ishungry!’ theGiantboomed.Hegrinned,showinghismassivesquareteeth. The The GiantsatdownandstaredhardatSophie.Hehadtrulyenormousears.Eachone Now hereallyisgoingtoeatme,Sophiethought. www.roalddahl.com

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inside! 12 Illustrations © Quentin Blake worksheet (see resources). resources). (see worksheet theminthetable ontheWONDERCRUMP provided words, theyshouldrecord WORDSPOTTER to read through andidentifywords that have positive and negative meanings.Astheyfindthe ofthe‘Snozzcumbers ’ extractsDistribute copies tothechildren andaskthemtoworkinpairs meanings ofeven more oftheBFG’svocabulary? byidentifyingthe theexperiment thechildren continue to understandtheirmeaning.Can HOW CURIOUS!Even wordsare notintheEnglishlanguage,classseemed thoughthese BAD , orsomething GOOD is notintheEnglishlanguage.Askthemtovote for oneoftwooptionsfor itsmeaning:something iftheyknowwhat ‘disgusterous’ Youwanttosee anexperiment. means,evenconduct thoughit wordsinanEnglishdictionary?No,theywouldnot! find these Tell thechildren you are goingto and‘wondercrump’Write thewords‘disgusterous’ able Wouldthechildren be to on theboard. TASK ONE: generally understandwhathemeant? different Even abouttheBFG’slanguage? thoughhewasn’t ‘proper’ didthey English, speaking Whatdothey notice?Whatis used. thevocabulary very carefullyto thatisbeing listen to aloudthetwoRead ‘SNOZZCUMBERS askthechildren you ’ extracts begin, theclass.Before to task. begin thefirst before they aloud read theextract hear ensure thatthey to itisimportant benefit, decode. Fortheir by theBFGdifficult to used vocabulary creative mayfindthe NOTE: Somereaders INTRODUCTION: DIFFERENTIATION: the wordhasapositive ornegative meaning. whichasksthemto identifythewordWORDSPOTTER aswellwhether class worksheet, • To celebrate thedifferences inothers • To creative use vocabulary LESSON OBJECTIVES: • Celebratingdifferences • Unlikelyfriendship BOOK THEMES: WONDERCRUMP WORDSPOTTER Challenge more able children to fill in the second WONDERCRUMP Challengemore ablesecond children tofillin the . Repeat for ‘wondercrump’. theprocess www.roalddahl.com @roald_dahl LESSON PLAN2 In associationwith

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inside! 13 Illustrations © Quentin Blake positive that onthecardtohelpthemfeel theirdifferencewhat doorsay isa totheperson theycould aRoald Dahlcharacter way. whoisdifferentdescribes insome Askeachgroup torole-play Give Eachcard eachgroup resources). aCELEBRATING card(see DIFFERENCES scenario about himself. sad.However,made himfeel hefeltreally theBFG’sway good ofspeaking, whenSophiepraised oftheway withthechildren hespoke, andthat thatDiscuss the BFGfeltdifferent because toshare. some choose beautifully, andthen change?Again,askthegroups towritedown feelings, howdohisfeelings over. ofpaper Now turnthepiece WhenSophietellstheBFGthat shethinkshespeaks theycameupwith. groups ofpaper. ofthefeelings toshare some Choose they canonthepiece that make inside?Setthechildren as ashorttimelimittowritedownasmany himfeel feelings outimagine that muddled and hiswordscome theyare up,howdoes theBFG.Whenhespeaks thechildren ofpaper. intogroupsDivide andprovide eachgroup Askthemto with alargepiece TASK THREE:CELEBRATING DIFFERENCES themtocreatethe Englishlanguageandrecombine newandexciting vocabulary. theywilltake resources), partsofexistingwordsin (see WORDSMITHworksheet WIGGLISH Tell wordsmiths, justlike thechildren that Roald theirnexttaskistobecome Dahl.Using the original ones.Heisinventing synonyms! (such as‘disgusting’ bad?Drawmeant something out that Roald Dahlisusingpartsofwordsthat wemay recognize andwhichones extracts. good, How didthechildren knowwhichwordsmeantsomething children toread outChoose samplesofthepositive andnegative wordsthat theyfound inthe TASK TWO: ? Choose children tosharetheirsuggestions. different? Choose Whatplace. would they say tohelptheBFGcelebrate being Ask thechildren toimaginethat theyare intheBFG’scave inSophie’s PLENARY: thing.

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inside! 14 Illustrations © Quentin Blake Big FriendlyGiantlookedsuddenlysoforlornthatSophiegotquiteupset. I sometimesissayingthingsalittlesquiggly. Iistryingmyverybestallthetime.’ The don’t, Iwillbenothingbutskinandgroans.’ the othergiants,Imustspendmylifeguzzlingupicky-poosnozzcumbersinstead.If it! ImispisedispungeButbecauseisrefusingtogobbleuphumanbeanslike From Chapter Eight: Snozzcumbers From Eight: Chapter EXTRACT ONE ‘I didnotknowthat,’ Sophiesaid. ‘My mother!’ criedtheBFG.‘Giantsdon’t havemothers!Surelyyouisknowing ‘But couldn’t yourmotherhavetaughtyou?’ Sophieasked. ‘There neverwasanyschoolstoteachmetalkinginGiantCountry,’ theBFGsaidsadly. ‘I’m sorry,’ shesaid.‘Ididn’t meantoberude.’ ‘I knowitisbones,’ theBFGsaid.‘ButpleaseunderstandthatIcannot behelpingitif ‘You meanskinand ‘Here istherepulsantsnozzcumber!’ criedtheBFG,wavingitabout.‘Isquoggle www.roalddahl.com bones,’ Sophiesaid. @roald_dahl EXTRACT FROM In associationwith

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inside! that.’ 15 Illustrations © Quentin Blake squiffling! Iisallofastutter.’ ‘How whoopsey-splunkers!Howabsolutely you talk.’ you isnottwiddlingmyleg?’ me inmywholelife!’ criedtheBFG.‘Areyousure terrible wigglish.’ wanting tosay, butsomehoworothertheyisalwaysgettingsquiff-squiddled around.’ and stopsquibbling. As Iamtellingyoubefore,knowexactlywhat wordsIam such atwitch-ticklingproblemtomeallmylife.Soyoumustsimplytrybepatient clockcoaches andslime-wanglers!’ She spatitoutquickly. ‘Ittastesoffrogskins!’ shegasped.‘And rottenfish!’ used toit,’ saidtheBFG.‘Goon,yousnipsylittlewinkle,haveago!’ it yourself,thisfoulsomesnozzcumber!’ ducking outoftheway. snozzcumber likebulletsinSophie’s direction.Sophiehoppedaroundonthetable-top, noise hemadewaslikethecrunchingoflumpsice. one endintohismouthandbitoff ahugehunkofit.Hestartedcrunchingitupandthe The BFGwasstillholdingtheawesomesnozzcumberinhisrighthand,andnowheput Snozzcumbers From Eight: Chapter EXTRACT TWO ‘How wondercrump!’ criedtheBFG,stillbeaming. ‘Of coursenot,’ Sophiesaid.‘Ijustlovetheway ‘Well, thatisthenicestpresentanybodyevergiving ‘Simply beautifully,’ Sophierepeated. ‘You do?’ criedtheBFG,suddenlybrightening.‘You reallydo?’ ‘I thinkyouspeakbeautifully,’ Sophiesaid. ‘Not likeithappenstome,’ theBFGsaid.‘Iisspeakingmost ‘That happenstoeveryone,’ Sophiesaid. Once againthatsadwinsomelookcameintotheBFG’s eyes.‘Words,’ hesaid,‘isoh ‘Into thinair,’ Sophiesaid.‘A thickearissomethingquitedifferent.’ ‘You dounlessyou iswantingtobecomesothinyouwillbedisappearingintoathickear.’ ‘Do wereallyhavetoeatit?’ Sophiesaid. ‘Worse thanthat!’ criedtheBFG,roaringwithlaughter. ‘To meitistastingof Sophie tookasmallnibble.‘Uggggggggh!’ shespluttered.‘Ohno!Ohgosh!help!’ ‘It’s allyou’regoingtobeguzzlingaroundherefromnowonsoyoumightaswellget ‘No, thankyou,’ Sophiesaid,backingaway. ‘It’s disgusterous!’ theBFGgurgled. ‘It’s sickable!It’s rotsome!It’s maggotwise! Try ‘It’s filthing!’ hespluttered,speakingwithhismouthfullandsprayinglarge piecesof www.roalddahl.com @roald_dahl EXTRACT FROM In associationwith

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inside! 16 Illustrations © Quentin Blake Record thewords inthetable you’ve below. spotted How many ofthemcanyou spotintheextracts? have meaningsandsome NEGATIVE(good) (bad)meanings. words inhisvocabulary! Someofthemhave POSITIVE THE BFGhasmany WEIRDandWONDERCRUMP Positive Words WONDERCRUMP www.roalddahl.com WORDSPOTTER @roald_dahl In associationwith

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inside! 20 Illustrations © Quentin Blake Speaking up on behalf ofotherchildren uponbehalf • Speaking • Telling aparent orguardian • Telling ateacher • Findingadifferent friend toplay with • Walkingaway • Responding withhumour e.g.: range onthe level ofaction(depending ofappropriate ofbullyingexperienced), courses Make duringthisdiscussion. sure thechildren inyour are school awareto thebullyingpolicy ofa tobullying.Youmay canrespond Draw wishtorefer howindividuals theclasstogetheranddiscuss inthefuture? dotoavoid theythinkofanything bullied hecould Can being up withsuggestionsfor theBFGastowhat have hecould donetoavoid thisbullyingsituation? Put thechildren intosmallgroups andaskthemtoimaginethat theycome theyare Sophie.Can different theyworkout what Can theheadingsoftwolistsshouldbe? sidesoftheboard? without explainingwhat why you thechildren are you spot have doing.Can put theexampleson organizing theexamplesintodifferent lists(one for verbal bullying andonefor physical bullying) the examplestheyhave onaninteractive found, these whileyou whiteboard/flipchart, record children toshare Choose highlight allthepartsofextract bullied. where theBFGisbeing Provide of the extract. pairsofchildren Askthemtoworktogether tounderlineor withcopies TASK ONE: giants arebullying theBFG. theBFGandothergiants. Aretheyrelationship between friends?Draw outthattheother partnershow withtheirtalking the they discuss wouldAsk thechildrento describe theextract theextractRead read themselves. thechildren,orencourage thechildrento to to INTRODUCTION: • To character description similesandmetaphorstoenhance use • To understandhowtoprevent bullying • To understandwhat bullyingis LESSON OBJECTIVES: • Friendship BOOK THEMES: DEALINGWITHBULLIES www.roalddahl.com @roald_dahl LESSON PLAN3 In associationwith

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inside! 21 Illustrations © Quentin Blake bully, thinkingcarefully about theeffect ofthevocabulary that they choose. oftheir tohelpthemwriteacharacter provided description theworksheets children touse theirbullybehave? nastyontheoutside!) Whoare Howdoes Askthe look theirbully’svictims? doesn’t meanthat theywill isanastyperson someone rememberappearances: –justbecause BULLY by 1onjudging What like? Session resources). wouldtheylook Link to ( (see worksheet Challenge thechildren toinvent areally nastybullyusingtheMYFROTHBUNGLING thesimileindescription? thechildren• Did spot theadjective ‘craggy’ heuse • Why does for (Crags withmountains– theteeth? are associated as‘rivers drool ofspit’?(Using themetaphor ofariver theBloodbottler’s hedescribe • Why does inthispassage.For oflanguage Dahl’suse Roald example:Discuss children, askingthemtomake notesofany imagesthat really stickout tothem. istrulyterrifying!Read italoudtothe Roald ofthebullyingBloodbottler Dahl’sdescription TASK TWO: they are jagged andbrokenthey are through jagged bones!) fighting,orthrough –perhaps chewinghuman asthough size.‘Craggy’ makes sound also histeeth which againemphasizestheBloodbottler’s amount ofsaliva!)emphasizes hissizeandthesheer least difficult to believe that this ghastly brute ate men, women and children every night. every and children atemen, women believe brute thatthisghastly difficultto least thechin.Itwas over inthe not ran down ofspit rivers and lips, frankfurter purple thetwo between out stuck yellow teeth oftheother. oneontop Craggy lying frankfurters purple gigantic like two thatwere ear, to ithadlips and ear almost theface across right themouthwasBut huge.Itspread Thenosewas small. blackholes. tiny were Theeyes was foul squashy-looking. His face roundand Ask the children to come up with three toptipsfor upwiththree Ask thechildren dealingwithbullies. tocome PLENARY: MYFROTHBUNGLING BULLY www.roalddahl.com @roald_dahl LESSON PLAN3 In associationwith

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inside! 25 Illustrations © Quentin Blake or scary! – as possible. –aspossible. or scary! sure tomake being resources), itasexciting – (see down ontheDREAMMIXINGworksheet thedream end?Askthemtowritetheirdream What next?Howdoes dream begin? happens upwithashortplotforChallenge thechildren tocome theirnew, the mixed dream. Howdoes one newdream? up withhisgiganticegg-beater. What totheirdreams? Howwilltheycombine into willhappen twodreams intoonejarandiswhizzingthem these children toimaginethat theBFGhastipped jar from TheBFG.pairmustset andthendealout twolabels each.Nowaskthe shufflethe toadream Explainthat labels belongs resources). eachofthese (see ofDREAMLABELS a set Tell thechildren that oftheBFG’sdreams! Give theirtaskistomixupsome pairsofchildren can dowiththedreams? Ask thechildren toread through theextracts What Sophiefindout provided. that does theBFG TASK ONE: make Record children’s onaflipchartorinteractive usfeel? responses whiteboard. theclass.How to doourdreams childrenwhodon’t oneoftheirdreams three minddescribing Ask thechildrenifany thatthey two ofthemremember have thedreams or atnight.Choose INTRODUCTION: Challenge more able ormore writerstocombine three dream labels intoasingleplot! DIFFERENTIATION: • • LESSON OBJECTIVES: • Dreams BOOK THEMES: To anexciting plot devise To aspirationspersonal andgoals on reflect DREAMMIXING www.roalddahl.com @roald_dahl LESSON PLAN4 In associationwith

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inside! 27 Illustrations © Quentin Blake glassy bottles.’ lonesome allbythemselvesinthose BFG answered.‘Theyisgettingvery dream withanother.’ ‘But Ididn’t knowyoucouldmixone wings.’ you isflyinginabathtubwithsilver very quicklymakingadreamwhere together intheproperwayandIis all Ihastodoismixthosedreams wings. Ihasdreamsaboutflying.So of them.Ihasdreamsaboutsilver shelfs, rightorleft?’ sugary, splongycurranty, Christmassyorgrobswitchy. Itisthesamewithdreams.’ of allthedifferent thingsinto it,youismakingthecakecomeoutanywaywant, make medreamit?’ From Chapter 15: ‘The GreatFrom 15:‘The Plan’ Chapter EXTRACT ONE ‘Dreams like ‘I seewhatyoumean,’ Sophiesaid. ‘I hasdreamsaboutbathtubs,lots ‘Right,’ Sophiesaid. ‘I hasdillionsofdreamsonmy ‘Go on,’ Sophiesaid. ‘It’s alittlebitlikemixingcake,’ theBFGsaid.‘Ifyouisputtingrightamounts ‘How couldyoumixitup?’ ‘I donot,’ theBFGsaid.‘ButIcouldsoonbemixingitup.’ ‘But how?’ Sophiesaid.‘You obviouslydon’t haveexactlythatdreaminyourcollection.’ ‘I could,’ theBFGsaid. ‘If Isaidwantedtodreamthatwasinaflyingbathtubwithsilverwings,couldyou ‘Anything youlike,’ theBFGsaidproudly. ‘Can youmakeapersondreamabsolutelyanythingintheworld?’ beingmixed,’ the www.roalddahl.com

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inside! 36 Illustrations © Quentin Blake much quickerthanthegiantsisdoingit.’ other humanbeans.’ heads everyweek.Humanbeansisalwayskilling up inaerioplanestodroptheirbombsoneachother’s time,’ theBFGsaid.‘Theyisshootlinggunsand going or left?’ and horrigustforgiantstobeeatinghumanbeans. Right ‘You isahumanbean andyouissayingitgrizzling own kind.Hasyoueverthoughtaboutthat?’ and rhinostossterisses.Noneofthemiseverkillingtheir BFG said.‘Noristhemostfearsomecreaturesliketigers as badlythehuman. was searchingdesperatelyforanothercreaturethatbehaved ‘Human beansistheonlyanimalsthatkillingtheirownkind.’ killing othercrockadowndillies.Norispussy-catspussy-cats.’ Giants isnotverylovely, buttheyisnotkillingeachother. Noriscrockadowndillies time even country toooften. They isalwaysswitchfiddlingaround.’ countries. The giantsisclever. They iscarefulnottobeskididdlingoff tothesame outcry?’ Sophiesaid. ( From 11:‘Journey Chapter to Dream Country’ EXTRACT ONE Continued on next page) on next Continued ‘Giants isn’t eatingeachothereither,’ theBFGsaid.‘Norisgiantskilling ‘But theydon’t eateachother,’ Sophiesaid. ‘But humanbeansissquishingeachotherallthe ‘Right,’ Sophie said. ‘I isnotunderstandinghumanbeansatall,’ theBFGsaid. Sophie keptsilent. ‘Even poisnowsesnakesisneverkillingeachother,’ the ‘Don’t poisonoussnakeskilleachother?’ Sophieasked.She ‘Ah, buttheyisnotkillingtheirownkind,’ theBFGsaid. ‘They killmice,’ Sophiesaid. ‘Do notforget,’ theBFGsaid,‘thathumanbeansisdisappearingeverywhereall ‘Even so..’ Sophiesaid. ‘The worldisawhoppingbigplace,’ theBFGsaid.‘Ithasahundreddifferent ‘But ifallthesepeoplearedisappearingeverynight,surelythere’s somesortofan without thegiantsisguzzlingthemup.Humanbeanskillingeachother www.roalddahl.com

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