Matilda, Volume 1Matilda is a genius, but her parents treat her like a dolt, so she applies her untapped mental powers to get revenge on her parents and rid her school of the evil headmistress. "Dahl has written another fun and funny book with a child's perspective on an adult world. As usual, Blake's comical sketches are the perfect complement to the satirical humor".--School Library Journal. |
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Page 137
... pencil - box with pond - weed ready to receive the creature , but she discovered that it t / j2 11 , ག་ was not easy to 137.
... pencil - box with pond - weed ready to receive the creature , but she discovered that it t / j2 11 , ག་ was not easy to 137.
Page 139
... pencil - box . It wriggled and squirmed like quicksilver and , apart from that , the box was only just long enough to take it . When she did get it in at last , she had to be careful not to trap its tail in the lid when she slid it ...
... pencil - box . It wriggled and squirmed like quicksilver and , apart from that , the box was only just long enough to take it . When she did get it in at last , she had to be careful not to trap its tail in the lid when she slid it ...
Page 140
... pencil- box as well . was The deed done . All was ready . Lavender put her pencils back into the rather damp pencil- box and returned it to its correct place on her own desk . Then she went out and joined the others in the playground ...
... pencil- box as well . was The deed done . All was ready . Lavender put her pencils back into the rather damp pencil- box and returned it to its correct place on her own desk . Then she went out and joined the others in the playground ...
Contents
The Reader of Books | 7 |
Mr Wormwood the Great Car Dealer | 22 |
The Hat and the Superglue | 30 |
Copyright | |
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