George's Marvelous Medicine

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**Title** **George's Marvelous (Marvellous) Medicine**
A paperback edition of George's Marvelous Medicine
Author	Roald Dahl
Illustrator	Quentin Blake
Publisher
Released
ISBN	ISBN 0-375-92206-7 (library binding,2002) ISBN 0-8085-9519-9 (library binding, 2002) ISBN 0-375-82206-2 (hardcover, 2002) ISBN 0-14-034641-4 (paperback, 1991)

George's Marvelous Medicine (or "Marvellous" in the English spelling published in the UK print-runs) is a children's book written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.

1 Plot summary
2 Ingredients
3 Characters
4 TV version

[edit] Plot summary

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George Kranky is fed up of his Grandma's grumpiness and seeks to cure it by brewing a special medicine to cure her (made from everything in the house), only to end up making his Grandma as tall as a house (while this does not improve her disposition, it does make her happier). George's father, a farmer, hits on the idea of making more of George's marvelous medicine to make his animals bigger and fatter. Unfortunately, George could not remember the recipe; after several failed attempts, involving some oddly deformed chickens, they create a formula which makes things shrink. The nasty Grandma, feeling ignored, thinks that the medicine is her tea and drinks all of it, shrinking to nothingness, and complaining the entire time. Only the mother is sad (the father saying that the grandmother was a nag) and by lunchtime, the mother agrees with her husband.

[edit] Ingredients

Bathroom items: shampoo, toothpaste, some shaving soap, face cream and nail varnish.
Various animal medicines (but not human medicines) and sheep dip
Kitchen cupboard: curry powder and other spices
Other kitchen items: washing powder, floor polish, flea powder and shoe polish
Bedroom items: lipstick, perfume and hairspray
Garage items: engine oil, anti-freeze and a handful of grease
Dark brown gloss paint (for colouring)