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Tales Of Childhood

Boy – Tales Of Childhood
By Roald Dahl


Chapter 1

Roald tells about his dad, how he was nearly seven feet tall, how he became one of the richest men in town by starting up a shipyard business with a friend, and how his wife, Marie, died from her second birth. After his wife died, Harald Dahl (Roald’s father) found that the two children needed a stepmother. He met a Norwegian lady called Sofia Magdalene Hesselburg and they soon fell in love and got married. During the next six years she bore him four new children: 3 girls, and Roald. Now there were six children in the family. Then, in 1918, they moved into a country mansion beside the village of Radyr.

Chapter 2

In 1920 Roald’s real eldest sister died from appendicitis. She was seven years old when she died. Soon after, Roald’s father caught pneumonia, and died five days later. Though Roald’s mother was Norwegian, she stayed and kept Roald in an English school. As soon as Roald turned six, he was put into......


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Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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