“My two little children are up here with us. You wouldn’t shoot my children!”

“Yesterday you shot my children. You shot all six of my children.”

Mrs. Gregg/A Duck

A young girl lives next door to the Greggs family, they love to hunt- especially just for fun. Where the young girl absolutely hates it. When things get too out of hand the young girl sets her magic finger on them. But she doesn't know the consequences or what was going to happen.
A good story to help teach children about thinking about your actions and what you do to others as you wouldn't always like if it was done to you.

Reread 2023 I was having trouble sleeping due to fibro pain so decided to listen to the audiobook read by Roald Dahl himself.

What goes around, comes around in this incredible story by the very talented Roald Dahl.

I think part of the magic of Roald Dahl is that you’re never too old to enjoy his stories! No matter how old you are, they’re just so fun to read and to get into. What I particularly enjoy about this story is the way things are turned around on the bad guys, they have a taste of their own medicine and realize how hard it is to swallow. But despite having a moral, the story is still so lighthearted and fun!

This was hilarious, wackadoodle, and carried a great message from the author. I have nothing against those people hunting animals for food; or doing so to keep animal populations in check, etc. but the Gregg family in this story, seemed to be doing it just to shoot things for fun. This is where the “magic finger” comes in.
It seems a bit tricky.
I love Dahl. Dahl seems to be sending a message that he doesn’t condone the shooting and hunting of animals for no good reason.
Especially not our clever feathered friends in this story!
This edition also features substance after the story that I really liked. There are quotes from Dahl, a picture of things he kept on his desk, facts, trivia, & a lot of other neat stuff that made it really interesting. I really loved the quirky things he kept on his desk !
To hear his beginning, one would never expect to hear of his career going like it did. It’s inspirational!

It also talks of the illustrator and Dahl. I love that this stuff was added in. It added length and depth for me. So, ...

Duck down and read this for a good message and some laughs.

عزیزِ عزیزِ عزیز
همه ی دنیا باید این شکلی باشه.

i wish i wish i wish i had a magic finger (or fist?). Our protagonista doesn't categorize herself, but to me she is a powerful good witch. Hunting, for fun,* yuck -the thought is simply inter-species rudeness on a didn't-your-mother-teach-you-anything? level.
Our heroine combines her supernatural gifts with fantastic logical consequences for adults - all in the name of one love. A lovely fable.

*not for survival

I read this when I had nothing else to do and it was fun to read.

سرانجام صبح شد و گرمای خورشید را با خود آورد...خانم گِرِگ گفت: «خب، خدا را شکر که به خیر گذشت! اصلا دلم نمی خواهد دوباره توی لانه بخوابم!» او نگاهش به پایین انداخت و فریاد زد: وای! نگاه کنید! پایین را نگاه کنید

آن پایین، چهار اردک تفنگ ایستاده بودند و سه تای آنها تفنگ داشتند. یکی از آنها تفنگ آقای گرگ، یکی تفنگ فیلیپ و یکی تفنگ ویلیام را به دست گرفته بودند. تفنگ ها درست لانه را نشانه رفته بودند

آقا و خانم گرگ هردو باهم فریاد زدند: نه! نه! نه! شلیک نکنید! خواهش میکنم شلیک نکنید
یکی از اردگ ها گفت: چرا شلیک نکنیم؟ شما همیشه به ما شلیک می کنید
آقای گرگ گفت: اما فرق می کند! ما اجازه داریم به اردک ها شلیک کنیم
اردک پرسید: کی این اجازه را به شما می دهد؟
آقای گرگ گفت: ما به هم اجازه می دهیم
اردک گفت: خیلی خوب است. و حالا ما خیال داریم به همدیگر اجازه بدهیم که به شما شلیک کنیم
خانم گرگ فریاد زد: وای، خواهش می کنم! دو بچه کوچکم این بالا پیش ما هستند! شما نباید به بچه های ما شلیک کنید
اردک گفت: دیروز شما به بچه های من شلیک کردید و هر شش تای آنها را کشتید

وقتی رولد دال از کسایی که برای تفریح شکار می کنند خوشش نمیاد چیکار می کنه؟
یک داستان می نویسه و با کارمای رولد دالی پدرشون رو درمیاره

پ.ن: همونطور که هزاربار فرندز دیدن زندگی رو کمی قابل تحمل تر می کنه، رولد دال خوانی و بازخوانی هم همینطوره

98.11.14

We gobbled up this read aloud in one sitting, we didn’t want to stop (as tends to happen anytime we read Dahl). This was the first Dahl book I read aloud that I hadn’t read before reading it to my children so I loved not knowing what was happening. We loved it! This story made for excellent discussions about “do two wrongs make a right?” and understanding perspectives different from our own. And on a deeper level it really struck a chord with our own family values. Dahl, ever the clever, imaginative and now thoughtful writer.

Pequeño cuentito de la mano de Dahl, donde nuevamente vemos sus mismos ingredientes: adultos malos, algún niño o niña que hace justicia y un grupo de animalitos que ayudan.

Aún no sea de sus mejores relatos, se lee de un tirón y siempre es un gusto ver las mismas críticas en las novelas de Roald Dahl. Un mundo adulto egoísta y avasallador con todo lo que les rodea, ya sean niños, animales, naturaleza... Y es el caso de esta novela, que crítica la caza y el placer del ser humano de matar animales por entretenimiento. Genial, como de costumbre.

3,5*
#lerosclássicos2021

Ter um dedo mágico que entra em acção quando uma pessoa se irrita parece-me um poder muito útil e, nesta história de Roald Dahl, a jovem protagonista usa-o para dar uma lição a uma família de caçadores. Dahl é meu pedagogo preferido, com a sua ética duvidosa e métodos radicais, mas esta história é a mais óbvia e simplista de todas as que já li dele.

“Fiquei tão zangada que comecei a gritar com eles. Os rapazes riram-se e fizeram-me caretas, e o Sr. Gregg disse-me para ir para casa e me meter nos meus assuntos. Pois foi exactamente o que fiz! Fiquei furiosa. E antes de conseguir conter-me, fiz uma coisa que nunca tivera intenção de fazer. Apontei o dedo mágico a todos eles!