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Roald’s Half-Sister
Roald’s half-sister’s fiancé is a jovial man who smokes a pipe. Roald’s half-sister invites him to Norway for the family’s summer vacation, and the two of them spend most of their time alone together. The fiancé’s monopolization of the half-sister’s time irks Roald’s family. As a prank, Roald impulsively fills the fiancé’s pipe with goat dung instead of tobacco.
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Roald’s Half-Sister’s Fiancé Character Timeline in Boy
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17. Goat’s Tobacco
During the summer of Roald’s ninth year, his older half-sister brings her new fiancé on the family trip to Norway. The couple does everything together, which annoys the rest...
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