The Narrator asks his grandmother if he can purchase some nails to build Daisy a little house, to which Agatha Hansen accepts, citing that he must buy the correct nails if he wishes to stop them from rusting. Grandmother is angry that they are past their sell by date, however the shopkeeper explains that they are fresh and were recently brought into the store nonetheless, Agatha Hansen asks for fresh leaves, to which the keeper obliges. The following day, the Narrator and his grandmother return lettuce leaves to the local shop. Unbeknownst to the Narrator and his grandmother, however, a witch is aware of their arrival in Demopolis and watches the two through the window of their house. This brings the Narrator out of his shell and he finally begins to interact and socialise with his grandmother, all whilst learning the mouse new tricks. Life is tough initially for the narrator, and he is unwilling to eat or socialise with other children.Įventually, Grandmother purchases the Narrator a mouse, which he names Daisy.

The narrator’s grandmother places him in his mother’s childhood room, and leaves to make hot chocolate whilst the boy unpacks his things and becomes acquainted with his new home. As a result, the narrator fell under the guardianship of his grandmother in Demopolis. The narrator reveals the story behind the death of his parents at only eight years old during a snowy period in Chicago. The narrator begins to tell his story about his experiences of witches when he was a young boy in Chicago. They specifically desire to destroy children in minorities. The narrator emphasizes that witches hate children, and spend the majority of their time thinking of new ways to get rid of them.

He explains that anyone at any time could be a witch, and nobody would know. The narrator explains that witches are real, living alongside everyday people. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the Grand High Witch (Anne Hathaway) has gathered her fellow Witches from around the globe to carry out her nefarious plans to rid the world of children. The boy and his grandmother come across some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical Witches, so Grandma wisely whisks our young hero away to an opulent seaside resort. In Robert Zemeckis’ re-imagining of the classic Roald Dahl story, an orphaned boy (Jahzir Bruno) comes to live with his Grandma (Octavia Spencer) in Demopolis, Alabama in 1967.

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