More About Boy by Roald Dahl

Author:Roald Dahl [Dahl, Roald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780141963488
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2011-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

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Drivers and cars had to be licensed in Britain from 1903 – but nobody was actually tested to see if they could drive a car until 1934.

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The splendid black tourer crept slowly through the village with the driver pressing the rubber bulb of the horn every time we passed a human being, whether it was the butcher-boy on his bicycle or just a pedestrian strolling on the pavement. Soon we were entering a countryside of green fields and high hedges with not a soul in sight.

‘You didn’t think I could do it, did you?’ cried the ancient sister, turning round and grinning at us all.

‘Now you keep your eyes on the road,’ my mother said nervously.

‘Go faster!’ we shouted. ‘Go on! Make her go faster! Put your foot down! We’re only doing fifteen miles an hour!’

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