The next morning, the BFG takes Sophie to Dream Country to catch more dreams, but is tormented by the man-eating giants along the way, notably by their leader the Fleshlumpeater, the largest and most fearsome of the giants. When Sophie announces she is thirsty, the BFG treats her to a fizzy soda pop drink called 'frobscottle', which is delicious to both of them, and which causes noisy flatulence, which the BFG calls 'Whizzpopping', because of the bubbles sinking downwards, rather than floating upwards. Bloodbottler luckily spits her out and then leaves in disgust. Sophie hides in a snozzcumber and is nearly accidentally eaten by the Bloodbottler.

The BFG then explains that he eats the only edible plant that will grow in the giants' homeland: snozzcumbers, which are disgusting striped cucumber-like vegetables with wart-like growths that taste like frog skins and rotten fish to Sophie and cockroaches and slime wanglers to the BFG.Р”Р„nother giant called the Bloodbottler then storms in. He catches dreams, stores them in the cave, and then gives the good ones to children all around the world. He also explains what he was doing with the trumpet and suitcase. He warns her of the dangers of leaving his cave as his nine neighbours are sure to eat her if they catch her. The BFG explains that she must stay with him forever so that no one can know of his existence. The giant then says that he will not eat her as he is the Big Friendly Giant, or BFG for short. For example, people from Greece taste greasy while people from Panama taste of hats. The giant laughs and explains that most giants do eat human beings (which he pronounces as 'human beans'), and that the people's origins affect their taste.

When he sets Sophie down, she begins to plead for her life, believing that the giant will eat her. Then he runs quickly to a large cave, which he enters. He sees Sophie, who tries to hide in bed, but the giant picks her up through the window. She cannot sleep, and sees a strange sight in the street a Giant Man, carrying a bag and an odd trumpet. The start of the book begins with an eight-year-old orphan girl named Sophie lying in bed in an orphanage run by Mrs. A theatrical Disney live-action adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg was released in 2016. It has also been adapted as a theatre performance. Р”Р„n animated adaptation was released in 1989 with David Jason providing the voice of the BFG and Amanda Root as the voice of Sophie. As of 2009, the novel has sold 37 million copies in UK editions alone, with more than 1 million copies sold around the world every year. The book is dedicated to Dahl's late daughter, Olivia, who died of measles encephalitis at the age of seven in 1962. It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 book Danny, the Champion of the World. The BFG (short for The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.

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