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The secret ordeal of Miranda Piker:

Before Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was published in 1964 Roald Dahl pared down his cast of characters. Last to go was Miranda Piker and her chapter has appeared only once — in mirror script. Here, for the first time, we publish her comeuppance the right way round.

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  1. jami says

    Dude!! I can’t believe you didn’t tell me about this!!
    A SECRET CHAPTER FROM WILLY WONKA! im dying!!

  2. hubs says

    I KNOW! I just found out about it last night. So I kind of did tell you, just not personally. I’m gonna print it out this afternoon. I’m really excited to read it too!

  3. jami says

    I read it last night. It has its great pieces, and I LOVE that name. But it didnt seem to match the rest of the book you know?

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  1. The Web Pen Blog linked to this post on October 21, 2006

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