The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets Read Online Free PDF

village they could come in at any time and ask to borrow a ladder and pick what they wanted. They came in droves. . .

    “During October swarms of migrant birds cross the North Sea from Scandinavia to ourshores. Some, like starlings and blackbirds and thrushes and rooks and jackdaws, will stay here for the winter. Others, like the skylarks and goldcrests and finches, will rest before going on south to spend the winter in Africa. . .

    “At this time of year our hedges are covered with old man’s beard and woody nightshade. Hips and haws make splashes of crimson everywhere. In the grassy banks on either side, an enormous number of different wild flowers and ferns grow. On weekends I see groups of enthusiastic botanists from London hunting for rare specimens. They walk slowly up the lane peering into the banks and calling to one another when they find something interesting. I like these people. I like enthusiasts of any kind.”
     
     
Charlie’s Quiz
      How many new kinds of chocolate bar has Mr. Willy Wonka invented?
      
What did Prince Pondicherry ask Willy Wonka to do?
      How do the chocolates and sweets come out of Mr. Wonka’s factory?

      
Why does Violet Beauregarde turn into a gigantic blueberry?
      How many Golden Tickets are there altogether?
      
Who finds the second Golden Ticket?
      What does Violet Beauregarde do all day?
      
What does Mike Teavee like doing best?
      In what kind of chocolate bar does Charlie find his Golden Ticket?
      
What sort of coat does Willy Wonka wear?
      Where are the most important rooms in Willy Wonka’s factory?
      
How is the chocolate mixed?
      What happens to Augustus Gloop?
      
What is Willy Wonka’s private yacht made from?

      Which is the most important room in the whole factory?
      
Who pushes Veruca Salt down the rubbish chute?
      Why is the elevator so special?
      
What happens when Willy Wonka presses the UP AND OUT button in the elevator?
      What does Mike Teavee look like when he leaves the factory?
      
What present does Willy Wonka decide to give Charlie?
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Roald Dahl’s November
    “November is the middle of what we used to call the Christmas term. I had my first Christmas term away from home when I was eight years old. And it is also the month of fireworks and Guy Fawkes. Oh, how we used to look forward to the fifth of November at boarding school. . . We had jackie jumpers, Roman candles, crack-bangers, fire-serpents, big bombers, rockets and golden rain!

    “There is a badger’s earth in the wood above our house, and this month the badgers are busy digging their deep winter quarters and lining them with dry leaves for warmth. Before November is out, they will have blocked up the entrances to their holes and will sleep the winter through. Like the badgers, the grass snakes are all starting to hibernate, but they are not as domesticated as the badgers. They have no real homes and simply hide themselves among the twisted tree roots underneath the hedges, and quite often they will coil themselves around each other for comfort. For many small animals, the approach of winter means the time to go to sleep until spring arrives again. It would make life a lot more comfortable if we could do the same!”
     
     
Roald Dahl’s Secret Writing Tips
    “The job of a children’s writer is to try to write a book that is so exciting and fast and wonderful that the child falls in love with it.”

    Have you got what it takes to be an author? You might well have—it’s just that you don’t know it yet!
    Believe it or not, Roald Dahl only found out he could write by accident. At the age of twenty-six he was “discovered” by C. S. Forester, author of the Captain Horatio Hornblower stories. From that moment, he never stopped writing.

    But it’s not easy. These are the qualities Roald Dahl suggested you will need if you are going to become a writer:

      “You should have a