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I'm Matilda. Lavender.
I'm Hortensia. - Hi.
She doesn't really hit children with that riding crop, does she?
No, it's mostly for scare.
What she does is worse.
Like yesterday, in the second grade, the Trunchbull makes a weekly visit
to every classroom to show the teachers a thing or two about handling kids.
And Julius Rottwinkle ate two M&M's during her lesson. - And she caught him?
Of course.
Was Julius okay? - After being thrown out the window?
Of course he wasn't okay. He lived, if that's what you mean.
The Trunchbull used to be in the Olympics.
Shot put, javelin, hammer throw.
The hammer throw is her specialty.
So she does this all the time? Better than being put in the choky.
Choky? Yeah, the choky.
It's a tall, narrow hole in the wall behind a door.
You have to stand in a drippy pipe with jagged edges.
And the walls have broken glass and nails sticking out.
Get inside, you festering ball of pus!
She puts kids in there? - I've been in twice.
Sometimes she leaves you in there all day.
Didn't you tell your parents? They didn't believe me.
I mean, would your parents believe it?
Sixty lines after school: I must obey Miss Trunchbull.
No.
Out of my way. - Here she comes.
Ahh, fresh meat.
Amanda Thripp.
Yes, Miss Trunchbull.
What are those? - What's what, Miss Trunchbull?
Hanging down by your ears.
You mean my pigtails?
Are you a pig, Amanda? No, Miss Trunchbull.
Do I allow pigs in my school?
My mommy thinks they're sweet.
Your mommy is a twit!
You'll chop those off before school tomorrow or I will... - But...
But?!
I don't... But? Did you say "but"?
Hammer throw. - What?
Definitely.
I'll give you "but"!
Good loft! - And excellent release.
Think she'll make the fence? Gonna be a close one.
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