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Roald Dahl The Ant-Eater

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Roald Dahl: The Ant-Eater “The Ant-Eater”, written by Roald Dahl, is a story about a wealthy family from the U.S.A, near San Francisco Bay. The wealthy family had a stupid and unattractive boy named Roy, so spoiled that he got everything he asked for. Roy had everything from toys to instruments, motorcars, electric trains and so on.
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