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Boy's life
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Roald Dahl is born
He is the third son of the family. -
Death of Astri and Harald
Roald'a sister, Astri, dies from appendicitis. After some weeks later his father dies from pneumonia. -
Elmtree House
It is Roald's first school, a kindergarten. -
Llandaff Cathedral School
Roald goes to a boy's school near his house. -
The sweet shop
Roald and his friends make a joke to the shop's owner. They are punished by the school Headmaster, Mr. Coombes. Roald's mother gets him out of that school. -
Summer holidays
Roald goes to Norway with his family. -
St. Peter's School
He goes to a boarding-scchool in England. He meets the Headmaster and the matron. -
Christmas Holiday
The family go for a drive in the motor-car and they have an accident. -
Roald meets Capt Hardcastle
He is a teacher at St. Peter's School. He does not like Roald. Roald is punished with a cane. -
Roald visits the infirmary
Roald is ill and he is in the infirmary with little Ellis and the Matron. -
Finishing St. Peter's School
Roald leaves the school because he wants to start to work. -
Repton Public School
Roald goes to Repton and, in that place, he meets the new Headmaster and the Boazers. He also meets Corkers, a good mathematics' teacher. -
Roald is a fag
Roald is Carleton's fag and Willberforce's bog-seat warmer fot two years. -
Captain of Fives
Roald is good at fices and becomes the Captain of Fives and also he starts photographing. -
Roald leaves Repton School
He leaves the school and he starts to work in Shell Company. -
Roald begins working for Shell Company
Roald leaves Repton and he starts to work for the Shell Company. -
Roald go to East Africa
Roald go to work in East Africa for three years. -
Roald joins the RAF
The World War Two begins and Roald has to go to Nairobi to join the RAF. He is a fighter pilot.