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 The Tells of Childhood

Harold Dahl was the father of Roald Dahl. He was a Norwegian came from a small town near Oslo. He was a successful shipbroker.

Astri was Roald Dahl’s elder daughter who died at the age of seven from appendicitis. She was very beloved to him.

The sudden death of Astri left her father over grieved and speechless. After a month he fell ill with pneumonia.

The sudden death of her husband and daughter had made her face financial problems with five children to take care of. So she moved to a small house selling the big mansion.

Roald Dahl went his first school at Landaff at the age of six.

The country mansion was a mighty house with turrets on its roof and with lawns and terraces all around. It was a huge property with farms and servant cottages.

At that time the sight of the motor car on the street was an event. So, it was quite safe for children to go tri-cycling on the high way.

The author and her sister used to go racing at high speeds down the middle of the road. At corner they would lean to one side to take it on two wheels.

Act.-3> The way the narrator had described the mansion implies that he was happy living in it.

Act.-5>a.> Astri was died from appendicitis at the age of seven only.

Act.-5>b.> As penicillin and other antibiotic cures were not available in those days, Pneumonia was a very dangerous disease.

Act.-5>c.> According to the author, his father was over-grieved at the death of his beloved daughter and wanted to join her in heaven. So he did not fight the disease. as he wanted to die.

Act.-7>A.> The name of the first school of the narrator was Elmtree house.

Act.-7>B.> He had a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs of Kindergarten school and trying over and over again to tie one of his shoe laces.

Act.-7>C.> According to the narrator, it was ‘tremendously exciting’ as he and his sister raced their way to and from School on their tricycles.

Act.-7>D.>As he was only less than eight years, he could not remember many incidents but whatever memory he had about his early childhood was enough and precious treasure to him.