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CHILDHOOD Day and place of birth :....Llandaff (Wales) on sept.13th 1916 Father and mother's names :..Harald ans Sofie Brothers and sisters' names :.Alfid ,Else andAsta Age when he started writing a diary :.8 Place where he hid it :.In a waterproof box tied to a branch at the very top of a tree in a garden His mother's hobbies :.Horticulture, cooking, literature painting and animals His father's hobbies :.painting, gardening and wood carving SCHOOLTIME He had a very unhappy time at school . Name of his first school:...Llandaff cathedral school from the age of 7 to 9 Best memory of those days: his frequent trips to a sweet shop Name of his second school :..St Peter's school where one of his severe Latin teachers inspired him the character of ..Miss Trunchball Name of the famous public school he went to :..Repton It was very close to Cadbury Chocolate factory He missed his parents terribly and felt very homesick ,consequently he wrote to his mother once a week Dahl's unhappy time greatly influenced his writing : Have you guessed the titles of 2 books which were inspired by that period ? ..Mathilda and Charlie and the chocolate factory He talked about his childhood and schooldays in his autobiography : .. Boy. WAR AND ADVENTURE Name of the book in which he talked about his war exploits :.... « Going Solo » A Master of the unexpected :Dahl's writing for adults Before being the well-known author for children , R.Dahl started writing for adults for 17 years .He wrote lots of short stories . His 1st short stories were published in the collection.... Over to you Name of his 1st story :.A piece of cake His most famous short story was probably.... « Lamb to the slaughter » What's the story about :...A woman beats her husband to death with a frozen leg of lamb and serves the murder weapon to the policemen. In 1958 , Lots of his short stories were televised and adapted by a very famous film-maker: Alfred Hitchcock

HIS PASSIONS He had many passions , name 3 of them : - Orchids - Paintings - Chocolate His popularity Dahl continues to be famous all over the world. Total Number of books sold in UK...40M Every year 2Milllion copies are sold in U.K. There is a Roald Dahl Day,when is it ? ..On Sept.13th There is also a Roald Dahl Fundation which is a Charity Organization Roald Dahl museum

Place:...Great Missenden,Buckinghamshire Days of visit :...Tuesday to Sunday Opening times :..10 a.m. to 5 p.m List 3 activities offered by the museum : - Storytelling - Chocolate decorating - Freecraft activities Here are some photos, can you write the caption ?

1) R.Dahl as a fighter pilot in Libya 2) Patricia Neal ,his first wife 3) Roald Dahl and his family 4) R.Dahl in his hut where he wrote most of his stories 5) R.Dahl in front his caravan at « Gypsy House »