![]() Drop your preconceptions on how animals should act, and don’t miss this wonderful children’s tale! ![]() ![]() Once there, of course, the plot thickens and the animals’ bravery and teamwork is tested. Billy befriends the animals, and they team up to clean the 677 windows of the house of the Duke of Hampshire’s, a quirky old man. They have just emigrated to England and are struggling to adjust with each of their unique diets. ![]() One day he notices that the building has been cleaned up, and upon investigating he meets the members of the new Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company: a giraffe with an extendable neck, a pelican, and a monkey that constantly dances and speaks in rhymes. This underrated story is one of the foremost examples of Dahl’s capacity to spin an engaging novel out of a series of fantastical premises: Billy is the protagonist, and he has always dreamed of one day owning a sweet shop, specifically with eyes on an abandoned building nearby called ‘The Grubber’ (old English for ‘sweet shop’).
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