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Roald Dahl: Repton School
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After finishing school Roald Dahl, in search of adventure, travelled to East Africa to work for a company called Shell. In Africa he learnt to speak Swahili, drove from diamond mines to gold mines, and survived a bout of malaria where his temperature reached 105.5 degrees (that's very high!).
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Dahl first attended The Cathedral School, Llandaff. At the age of eight, he and four of his friends were caned by the headmaster after putting a dead mouse in a jar of sweets at the local sweet shop, which was owned by a "mean and loathsome" old woman called Mrs. Pratchett (wife of blacksmith David Pratchett). This was known amongst the five boys as the "Great Mouse Plot of 1923". This was Roald's own idea.
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Many people have tried to account for the astonishing success of Roald Dahl’s writing for children. Robin Swicord, who co-wrote the script for the movie version of Matilda says that “He is keyed into the psychological life of a child better than any other writer. He brings their fears right to the surface, whether it’s about the first day of school or saving your grandparents from death.” In a similar vein, Danny DeVito, actor, producer and director, says that “Dahl will lead a child out onto a windy limb and then suddenly he’ll place a ladder underneath and the child will be able to get safely to the ground.”
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