The Witches
By Roald Dahl
A boy learns about witches who want to turn all children into mice. The boy and his grandmother want to stop witches once and for all.
Worksheets
While hiding, the boy realizes he’s trapped in a room full of witches. As they plan to eliminate more children in England, the boy watches in horror.
A young boy learns from his Grandmamma that real witches look like ordinary women and secretly hunt children. She teaches him how to recognize and avoid these dangerous, disguised demons.
The Grand High Witch demonstrates her child-transforming potion by turning the boy into a mouse. The witches head off to tea—confident he won’t survive long.
Class 1
Class 2
The boy sneaks into the Grand High Witch’s room and steals a bottle of the child-transforming potion. The boy and Grandmamma plan to slip the potion into the witches’ banquet food that evening to stop them once and for all.
Class 3
Class 4
After successfully turning all the witches in England into mice, the boy and Grandmamma return to Norway, where they begin planning their next mission.
