The Witches

Summary

Roald Dahl's book "The Witches" tells the story of a boy who moves to Norway to live with his grandmother after his parents' death. His grandmother tells him about the existence of witches—malicious creatures who hate children and seek to destroy them. Witches look like ordinary women but have distinctive features, such as missing toes and bluish eyes. Later, the boy and his grandmother travel to England, where they stay at a hotel. There, the boy accidentally overhears a meeting of witches led by the Grand High Witch. She devises a cunning plan to turn all children into mice using a special potion. The boy becomes a victim of this potion and turns into a mouse, but retains the ability to speak and think like a human. Together with his grandmother, they devise a plan to destroy the witches. They steal the potion and pour it into the soup intended for the witches at a banquet. All the witches, including the Grand High Witch, turn into mice and are exterminated by the hotel staff. In the end, the boy and his grandmother return home, deciding to dedicate their lives to fighting the remaining witches around the world. The story concludes on an optimistic note, highlighting the power of courage and love in the fight against evil.