Summary

In chapter 13, A Trogglehumper for the Fleshlumpeater, The BFG explains to Sophie that the giants always sleep a bit before they go off to eat humans. He says that humans sleep much more than giants. In fact, he says humans aren’t nearly the age they think they are because they sleep so much of their lives away. As he is trying to convince Sophie that rather than being age eight she is really only four due to the amount of time spent sleeping, the BFG suddenly has an idea. He sneaks up to the worst of the giants, the Fleshlumpeater, and blows the nightmare he captured into the Fleshlumpeater’s face.

The Fleshlumpeater begins to thrash about and scream that he is being chased by Jack. The BFG explains that giants are...