The Invention of Vita-Wonk

The Invention of Vita-Wonk (from Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator)
By Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl - Biography
• Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet,

screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot. His books have sold
more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl was born in
Wales to Norwegian immigrant parents. He served in the
Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
• Born: 13 September 1916, Llandaff, Cardiff, United Kingdom
• Died: 23 November 1990, Oxford, United Kingdom
Flights of Fantasy
“A little magic can take you a long way,” said Dahl, and that
is exactly what he has done through his writings — taken us
on a sojourn that will remain etched in our memories forever.
Roald Dahl Day is celebrated annually on

September 13, which also marks his birthday. On
this day, children from all over the world engage
in fun activities, putting their reading and writing
skills to work.
Some of his notable works are James and the
Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,
Fantastic Mr Fox, Danny, the Champion of the
World, George's Marvellous Medicine, The BFG
The Witches and Matilda.
Video link from Charlie and the Great Gla
ss Elevator
The Invention • https://youtu.be/oRK0d8VTlDw
of Vita-Wonk Text book link

• https://ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/gehc
107.pdf
Summary
Mr. Willy Wonka was a scientist. He first invented a tonic Wonka-Vite which made people
younger. But it was such a powerful medicine that many people disappeared after their age
went in minus. One person even became minus 87. The poor fellow had to wait 87 years to
come back. Willy Wonka decided to invent a new thing to undo the harm. He had to make
people old.
He wanted to know what the oldest living thing in the world was or what lived longer than
anything else. His assistant Charlie named a tree. But the question emerged which tree. It
was certainly not the fir, oak or cedar. It was a tree called Bristlecone that grew in Nevada
USA. Such trees were 4000 years old. Wonka got into his Great Glass Elevator and rushed all
over the world. He collected special items from the oldest living things. He took a pint of sap
from the Bristlecone Pine, the toenail clippings from a 168 year old Russian farmer, an egg
laid by 200 year old tortoise, the whiskers of a 36 year old cat and so on.
Summary - Contd
Mr. Wonka tracked down very old animals and took a bit of something from each
one of them. In the end he boiled and tasted the product in his inventing room. He
produced one small cupful of black liquid. He gave four drops of it to a brave young
volunteer, Oompa-Loompa to see what happened.
"What was the result"? Charlie asked.
Mr. Wonka said that the effect of the medicine was swift and fantastic. The moment
that young man gulped down those drops, he began growing old and wrinkled. His
hair dropped off and his teeth also started falling out. In an instant the twenty-year
old boy became an old man of seventy- five. It was the result of the invention of Mr
Willy Wonka which came to be known as Vita-Wonk!
What is the name of the first invention of Mr.
Willy Wonka?
What is the effect of Wonka’s invention?
Comprehension What do you understand by ‘create the age’?
Check Questions Where does Bristlecone pine tree grow?
Where did Mr. Wonka perform the experiment?
Where did Mr. Wonka scrape the jam from?
Who did Mr. Wonka give the oily black liquid?
How did Mr. Willy Wonka produce the new
drug?
What was the effect of the medicine Vita-
Wonka?
What does the lesson tell you about Vita Wonk?
Which type of things did Mr. Wonka collect?
Comprehension What do you know about venomous squerkle?
Check Questions What was his first step to make a new tonic?
What the phrase ‘rolled of my sleeve’ mean?
Why did he select very old animals and
things?
Why did Wonka have to prepare a new drug?
HIGHLIGHTS
• Mr. Willy Wonka, the scientist invented a medicine named as Vita Wonka.
• This medicine made people younger.
• Mr. Wonka mentioned different kinds of trees in the lesson. They are –Douglas
fir, Oak, Cedar, Bristlecone Pine tree.
• He said that the Bristlecone tree lived the longest for more than 4000 years
and he prepared a black liquid by boiling and mixing of different parts of
different living things.
• He gave four drops of that black liquid to a 20-year-old man named as Oompa-
Loompa.
• The volunteer, who swallowed four drops of the invention became, old, began
wrinkling and shrivelling and he turned into a fellow of 75.
• The name of the invention was Vita-Wonk.
Assignment
Short Answer Type Questions
1. What was Wonka-Vite?
2. What type of things did Wonka need for his new drug?
3. How did Wonka manage to collect the things that he needed for the new
drug?
Long Answer Type Questions.
4. How did Mr. Wonka test his new recipe and what result did it have?
HOTS
1. Is it right to test the new drugs on animals or humans? Support your answer
with appropriate reasons.

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The Invention of Vita-Wonk (from Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator)

• Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet,

Roald Dahl Day is celebrated annually on

of Vita-Wonk Text book link

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