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and was very fat indeed. however, augustus is nowjust enormous the word fat has gone. and it s one of a number of changes made to dahl s writing to make them less judgemental and avoid words like crazy and fat. however, this rewriting to avoid offence has itself created an upset. we don t seem to think children cope with words like fat any more. we have to protect children from distressing feelings, and i think that idea is causing all sorts of problems in society. you see it in all sorts of places, and we need to make children more resilient. the roald dahl story company said today any changes had been small and carefully considered. it s also worth noting there is a precedent. this isn t the first time roald dahl has been rewritten. even back in the 1970s, there were already discussions around his texts. for instance the oompa loompas which were originally