George's Marvellous Medicine
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George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl chapter one, grandma. I go shopping in the village. George's mother said to George on Saturday morning so be a good boy and don't get up to mischief. This was a silly thing to say to a small boy at any time. It immediately made him wonder what sort of mischief he might get up to and don't forget to give grandma her medicine. At 11 o'clock, the mother said then out she went closing the back door behind her grandma who was dozing in her chair by the window, opened one wicked little eye and said, now you heard what your mother said, George, don't forget my medicine. No. Grandma George said and just try to behave yourself for once while she's away. Yes, grandma. George said George was bought at tears. He didn't have a brother or a sister. His father was a farmer and the farm they lived on was miles away from anywhere. So there were never any Children to play with. He was tired of staring at pigs and hens and cows and sheep. He was especially tired of having to live in the same house as a grizzly old grunion of a grandma looking after her all by himself was hardly the most exciting. A way to spend a Saturday morning. You can make me a nice cup of tea for a start. Grandma said to George, that'll keep you out of mischief for a few minutes. Yes. Grandma George said George couldn't help disliking grandma. She was a selfish grumpy old woman. She had pale brown teeth and a small pocket up mouth like a dog's. But how much sugar? And you take your dear grandma. George asked her one spoon. She said, and no milk. Most grandmothers were, are lovely, kind, helpful old ladies but not this one. She spent all day and every day sitting in her chair by the window and she was always complaining and grousing, grouching, grumbling, grap about something or other. Never once even on her best days had just at George and said, well, how are you this morning, George or why don't you? And I have a game of snakes and ladders or how was school a day? She didn't seem to care about other people only about herself. She was a miserable old grouch. George went into the kitchen and made grandma's a cup of tea with a tea bag. He put one spoon of sugar in it and no milk. He stirred the sugar well, and carried the cup in at the living room. Grandma sipped the tea. It's not sweet enough. She said, put more sugar in George took the cup back into the kitchen and added another spoon for the sugar. He stirred it again and carried it carefully. And a grandma, where's a saucer? She said, I don't have a cup without a saucer. George. So, and what about a teaspoon if you please? I've stood it for your grandma. I stood it well, I stir my own tea. Thank you very much. She said, fetch a teaspoon. George fetched her a teaspoon. When George's mother or father were home, grandma never ordered George a boat like this. It was only when she had him on her own that she began treating him badly. You know, what's the matter with you? The old woman said, staring at George over the rim of the teacup with those bright wicked little eyes. You're growing too fast. Boys who grow too fast, become stupid and lazy. But I can't help it if I'm growing fast. Grandma. George said, of course you can, she snapped, ruins a nasty childish habit. But we have to grow grandma. If we don't grow, we'd never be grown ups, rubbish boy, rubbish. She said, look at me. Am I growing certainly not. But you did want grandma only very little. The old woman answered. I gave of growing up when I was extremely small along with all the other nasty childish habits like laziness and disobedience and greed and sloppiness and untidiness and stupidity. You haven't given up any of these things have you. I'm still only a little boy. You're eight years old. Just snorted. That's old enough to know better. If you don't stop growing soon, it'll be too late, too late for what? Grandma? It's ridiculous. She went on. You're nearly as tall as me already. George took a good look at grandma. She certainly was a very tiny person. Her legs were so short, she had to have a foot stool to put on her, put her feet on and her head only came halfway up the back of the armchair. Daddy says it's fine for a man to be tall. George said, don't listen to your daddy. Grandma said, listen to me. But how do I stop myself growing George eat less chocolate. Grandma said, does the chocolate make you grow? It makes you grow the wrong way. She snapped up instead of down, grandma sipped some tea but never took her eyes from the little boy who stood before her. Never grow up. She said, always down. Yes, grandma and stop eating chocolate eat cabbage instead.