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 turning him into a mouse. The boy and his grandmother work together to steal a bottle of the formula to put in their supper. The boy sneaks into the kitchen (he is still a mouse) and drops the whole bottle into their soup. He has successfully turned all Witches (including the Grand High Witch herself) into mice, the hotel restaurant staff panic and kill all of the mice. Justice.

But the main defeat of all the Witches in England happens around page 125 of the book. The whole story is 201 pages. So what happens next?

Well, the boy and his grandmother go back to Norway, grandmother's home country. The boy remains a mouse for the rest of time and the end is filled with sappy heartfelt conversations shared between the boy and his grandmother. Eventually, grandmother finds out where the Witch headquarters are (surprise surprise, they're in Norway, even though the Grand High Witch had an alleged Eastern European accent). They plan on making the 'Delayed-Action Mouse-Making Formula' again, and then going to the Witch headquarters and dropping the formula into their food again.

And then the book ends?

The story finishes when they get all excited about defeating all of the Witches.

The story ends when they plan on eliminating all of the Witches, exactly how the Witches planned on eliminating children.

What?

Dahl, give me some action! Give me some drama! Why did you have to cut it short?

There isn't even a sequel!

To conclude, I finished the book last night before bed, I started reading yesterday afternoon from page 54 and took several breaks in between. I mean, it's a wonderful story, but we need a sequel. I am willing to write one.

Thank you for coming to my rant.