Roald+Dahl

 Roald Dahl = Childhoo d = = Roald Dahl was born in liandaff in wales on september 13 1916.his parents were norwegian and he was the only son of a second marriage.His father ( Harald) and his oldest sister died when he was three.His mum(Sofie) was left to raise stepchildren and four of her own.Roald was her only son. Roald had a diary called Harald from the age of 8. =

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** roald dahl went to a lot of schools and did not like a single one. his teachers discribed him as lazy and not able to do anything.but were they wrong. he went a school to one in Wales only for one year. and another one called Peters for only four years. this is where it went down hill for Dahl.he would send letters home and say they were from BOY.not knowing this would be a fabulous book later.the techers are curle and ofen caned him.dahl was good a sports but performed poorly in class ** ======

= war life = In August 1939, as World War II impended, plans were made to round up the hundreds of Germans in Dar-es-Salaam. Dahl was made an officer in the King's African Rifles commanding a platoon of askaris indigenous troops serving in the colonial army. In November 1939, Dahl joined the Royal Air Force. After a 600-mile (970 km) car journey from Dar-es-Salaam to Nairobi, he was accepted for flight training with 20 other men, and was one of only three who survived the war, as the other 17 died in combat. = how he die d = = the famous wrigther had died in1996. he lived for a long time. Till the age of 76. but his books still live on. hopefully he will not be lots in time. so remeder him as a happy helpful man. = = =