at lunch time the next day all two hundres and fifty children in the school got orders to go into the big room and to sit on the floor and wait for miss trunchbull .
when she came in she stood at the front of them and shouted bruce bogtrotter come up here.
A very fat eleven year old boy went out to the front.
this thief this robber went into the school kitchen yesterday and stole some of my special chocolate cake shouted miss trunchbull. it's was not boys cake cook made it with real butter and real chocolate for me and this selfish little snake ate it the cook saw him when she spoke again her voice was dangerously friendly do you like my chocolate caks bogtrotter.
it's very good the boy said before he could stop himself .
you're right it is very good said miss trunchbull then she turned to the door cook come in here.
the school cook came into the room .she was carrying the largest chocolate cake you have ever seen. there was a small table and a chair next to miss trunchbull and the cook put the cake on the table.
sit down bogtrotter
the boy sat down and looked at the big cake
it's all for you bogtretter said miss trunchbull you wanted cake now you've got cake and nobody will leave this room until you've eaten every bit of it
the boy looked at the cake then began to eat.
he'll be sick before he eats half of it . she was wrong bruce bogtrotter ate half the cake before he stopped for a few seconds.
the boy cut another piece of cake . he didn't say i'm going to be sick he went on eating...and eating...
two hundred and fifty children watched suddenly someone shouted come on bruce you can do it.
be quite.
the boy continued to push cake into his mouth As the last piece disappeared the children shouted well done bruce but miss trunchbull picked up the empty plate and crashed it down on his head brce was too full of cake for it to hurt him .he just smiled.
get out of here all of you screamed miss trunchbull and she walked out of the room with the cook behind her.