Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"Candy for life and a tour of Willie Wonka's top-secret chocolate factory was the prize for buying a candy bar containing a Golden Ticket. Here is the exciting, hilarious, and moral story of the five prizewinners. They were, alas, repulsive children, with the exception of Charlie Bucket, whose family was so poor he could only have one candy bar a year. Rich in humor, acutely observant, Dahl lets his imagination rip in fairyland."-- "The New York Times." |
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... huge iron gates lead- ing in to it , and a high wall surrounding it , and smoke belching from its chimneys , and strange whizzing sounds coming from deep inside it . And outside the walls , for half a mile around in every direction ...
... huge iron gates lead- ing in to it , and a high wall surrounding it , and smoke belching from its chimneys , and strange whizzing sounds coming from deep inside it . And outside the walls , for half a mile around in every direction ...
Page 37
... huge flakes drifting slowly down out of an icy sky that was the color of steel . By evening , it lay four feet deep around the tiny house , and Mr. Bucket had to dig a path from the front door to the road . After the snow , there came a ...
... huge flakes drifting slowly down out of an icy sky that was the color of steel . By evening , it lay four feet deep around the tiny house , and Mr. Bucket had to dig a path from the front door to the road . After the snow , there came a ...
Page 88
... huge stoves , and kettles were hissing and pans were sizzling , and strange iron machines were clank- ing and spluttering , and there were pipes running all over the ceiling and walls , and the whole place was filled with smoke and ...
... huge stoves , and kettles were hissing and pans were sizzling , and strange iron machines were clank- ing and spluttering , and there were pipes running all over the ceiling and walls , and the whole place was filled with smoke and ...
Contents
Here Comes Charlie | 1 |
Mr Willy Wonkas Factory | 8 |
Mr Wonka and the Indian Prince | 12 |
Copyright | |
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