Hi
everybody!
Last week
in our English lesson I represented a book, which I read. So today I will write
about my book report.
The book
which I read was Boy Tales of Childhood. It is written by Roald Dahl. Roald
Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and
screenwriter. He was born in Wales on the 13. September 1916. His short stories
are known for their unexpected endings and his children's books for their
unsentimental, often very dark humour. It is an Autobiography about Roald
Dahl's life from birth until leaving school. He describes his funniest and
exiting stories of his life and how his childhood experiences led him to a
writing career. The book plays in the 20th century and most of the time in a
little village called Llandaff in Norway.
I have
summarized my two favourite stories of the book
The first
story is the 'Great mouse plot of 1924'
From the
age of seven, Roald attended Llandaff Cathedral School in Cardiff. And one day
Roald and his friends found at the back of the classroom a little hole, so they
decided that this hole would be their secret hiding place for sweets and other
small treasures. Every afternoon, when the last lesson was over, the boys
looked at the hole. One day when they watched the hole, like all other days,
there was a dead mouse in it. So the boys predominated what they could do with
the dead mouse. After few minutes the boys considered that they put the mouse
in one of the buckets from the sweetshop, in which the old, terrible Mrs
Pratchett works. At the way home from school Roald and his friends put the
mouse in one of the buckets without seeing by someone. Then they run out of the
sweetshop and had a lot of fun.
The second
story is 'Mrs Pratchett’s revenge'
One day
after the mouse plot, at school, their form master came into the classroom with
a piece of paper in his hand. On this paper there were written the names of the
boys including Roald and they had to go to the Headmaster’s room. So Roald and
his friends stood up and left the room. At the Headmaster’s room there was
waiting a terrible surprise for the boys. Mrs Pratchett was sitting next to the
Headmaster. So Roald and his friends had to tell the whole story of the mouse
plot. So as retribution they were hit with a cane on the lower legs.
Boy Tales
of Childhood is a really funny and amusing book. It is also easy to read and I
can recommend it immediately.
When you
have also read the book, please give me a short comment how you like the book.
Hope you
like my posting and enjoy your week.
Regards,
Jakob
