Ebook: Boy: Tales of Childhood

Starting-point. -- Papa and Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922-3 -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9). -- The bicycle and the sweet-shop -- The great mouse plot -- Mr. Coombes -- Mrs. Pratchett's revenge -- Going to Norway -- The magic Island -- A visit to the doctor -- St. Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13). -- First day -- Writing home -- The matron -- Homesickness -- A drive in the motor-car -- Captain Hardcastle -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco -- Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20). -- Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- The headmaster -- Chocolates -- Corkers -- Fagging -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school.;Dahl presents humorous and sometimes painful anecdotes from his own childhood, including summer vacations in Norway and his years at English boarding schools.