The Magic Finger

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The Magic Finger is a children's story written by Roald Dahl, different editions being illustrated by William Pene du Bois, Tony Ross, and Quentin Blake.

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Living next door to the Greggs, a family that hunts ducks for fun, is an eight-year-old girl possessing a very special gift - a magic finger, which she uses to shrink the Greggs and give them bird's wings. Furthermore, while the Greggs have to endure this challenge, their house is taken over by four human-size ducks! The ducks take guns and threaten to shoot the Greggs, saying that it's only fair since the Greggs hunted their children only the day before. The Greggs promise not to hunt any more and are turned back. The next day, the girl goes to their house and finds the family setting up graves for the birds that they killed. She hears a gun fire as another neighbour starts shooting. Running in that direction, she shouts that he'll be nesting in the trees that night........

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Roald Dahl Books

Children's stories: The Gremlins (1943) | James and the Giant Peach (1961)| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) | The Magic Finger (1966) | Fantastic Mr Fox (1970)| Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1973) | Danny the Champion of the World (1975) | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) | The Enormous Crocodile (1978) | The Twits (1980) | George's Marvelous Medicine (1981) | The BFG (1982) | The Witches (1983)| The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985) | Matilda (1988)| Esio Trot (1989) | The Minpins (1991) | The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (1991)

Children's poetry: Revolting Rhymes (1982) | Dirty Beasts (1983) | Rhyme Stew (1989)

Adult novels: Sometime Never: A Fable for Supermen (1948) | My Uncle Oswald (1979)

Adult short story collections: Over To You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (1946) | Someone Like You (1953) | Kiss Kiss (1960) | Tales of the Unexpected (1979) | Switch Bitch (1974) |
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (1977) | Two Fables (1986) | More Tales of the Unexpected (1980) | Roald Dahl: Collected Stories (2006)

Non-fiction: Boy – Tales of Childhood (1984) | Going Solo (1986) | Memories with Food at Gipsy House (1991) | Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety (1991) | My Year (1993)

Plays: The Honeys (1955)

Film scripts: You Only Live Twice (1967) | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) | The Night Digger (1971) | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)


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