Summary

In chapter 7, The Marvellous Ears, the BFG worries that Sophie’s parents must wonder where she went. Sophie tells him she does not have parents and lives in an orphanage with nine other little girls. She says the woman who runs the orphanage is mean and locks them in the cellar when they break the rules. The BFG is upset to hear of the woman’s cruelty and begins to yell and cry. Sophie marvels at how moody the BFG is. She tells him that she is worried about having to stay in the cave forever, since at least when she lived at the orphanage she knew she would leave there some day. Again the BFG begins to cry because he is the one who kidnapped her and it’s his fault she’ll have to...