Wednesday, March 12, 2008

"Oompa-Loompas, Snozzberries, Hopscotchy, Gloriumptious, Luminous Lollies"
These are the few example of words Roald Dahl created along with his line of famous children storybooks from Fantastic Mr Fox, a story of Mr Fox outsmarting 3 hunters, Matilda, a girl genius who uses every single brain cells in her head to plot revenge against adults, The BFG, a humble giant with his little companion, Sophie, blowing dreams into people's head and stopping giants from munching human "beans" and my all time favourite, Charlie & The Chocolate Factory which needs no introduction.

I was introduced to Mr Roald Dahl's work when i was 10, and the first book i read was The Magic Finger. A story about a girl who has magical powers, decided to turn her cruel neighbours into ducks so that they'll taste their own medicine of hurting ducks. Well, its a story for my Choral Speaking Competition at that time, and amazingly we got 3rd with that story. And soon after that, i blast off with all his work and now, I've read it all.

All children should read Roald Dahl's book. Though it may be filled with dark humour and scary at times, in some of his stories but it'll give them their wicked, wildest, and most wonderful imagination through his story-telling. Who wouldn't ever dream of a Chocolate Waterfall, or taste the most delicious chocolates in the world, or running of with some giant and catching dreams, or even possess telekinesis and can move things with my mind? Come on, its every little child's dream to do all those or experience all this sort of things.

I'd just want to say a million thanks to Mr Roald Dahl for providing me an imagination beyond anything out of this world and for the wonderful stories you've wirtten to keep this world beautiful through your work, even though the world may not be as pretty as before. I pity those who did not read any of his work. You're missing one of the best thing in Life.

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