7 things Roald Dahl taught us
This year sees the 100th birthday of one of the nation's favourite authors - Roald Dahl! But his books aren't just fun, they're full of important life lessons...
Just because you can go drink your body weight in a river of chocolate, doesn鈥檛 mean you should
Although that鈥檚 a hard lesson to learn. Poor Augustus Gloop didn鈥檛 stand a chance really.
Buckingham Palace has a giant dining table and chair ready for a 24-foot giant to come over for breakfast
The thing to take away from this is that if your town is being overrun by giant human-eating giants, give the Queen a call. She鈥檚 got it covered.
Don鈥檛 drink random things around your house just because they鈥檙e left out in a cup
It could be three-day old tea, the cold gravy from last night鈥檚 dinner, or a Marvellous Medicine that forces you to shrink so much that you vanish. Either way, nobody鈥檚 a winner here.
If your grandma is telling you really detailed stories about witches, don鈥檛 question it further
Believe her. She clearly knows too much.
Making friends with giant bugs might seem scary, but it turns out that if you鈥檙e trapped in a giant bit of fruit, anything goes
Grasshopper wisdom is not to be ignored. (Does living inside a giant peach count as one of your five-a-day?)
Don鈥檛 replace someone鈥檚 pet in the hopes that they鈥檒l start to like you
Mrs Silver liked Mr Hoppy just as he was, and replacing her pet tortoise with bigger ones every few days was just weird. She probably wouldn鈥檛 like him if she knew that!
Words like frothbuggling, crodsquinkled, and trogglehumper are totally okay to use
If you want to see if you鈥檇 make Roald Dahl proud, test out your Gobblefunk knowledge.
What are some of your favourite moments from Roald Dahl books? Has his writing taught you any *super important* life lessons? Comment below and let us know!