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Roald Dahl was a spy, a top fighter pilot, a chocolate storyteller, and a medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, and many other brilliant stories. He remains the world's greatest storyteller.

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The Witches' Hour

Sophie couldn't sleep.

A bright beam of moonlight fell through a crack in the curtains. It seemed to shine directly on her pillow.

The other children in the dormitory had been asleep for hours.

Sophie closed her eyes and lay very still. She tried hard to fall asleep.

Nothing helped. The moonbeam was like a silver blade cutting through the room onto her face.

The house.