Books: The Disappointing Ending of Roald Dahl's the Witches
'The Witches' is a book by Roald Dahl which came out in 1983. The general story is that there are some child-hating Witches that will do anything in their power to exterminate them. They hold a meeting at a hotel (under the name The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), which coincidentally the protagonist, a seven year-old boy, and his grandmother (who are both Witch fanatics) are staying at. The protagonist is training his pet mice in the hall that the Witches hold their meeting in, staying hidden behind a screen, he witnesses what the Witches are planning to eliminate all children in England. The Grand High Witch (the leader of all the Witches of the world) comes up with 'The Delayed-Action Mouse-Maker Formula' which turns children into mice at a certain time, and they consider having the children ingest the formula through sweets. The boy is eventually discovered and the Grand High Witch gives him five hundred doses of the formula, immediately t...