The BFG

Sophie is very comfortable in the BFG’s outer ear. She falls asleep for a while. When she wakes up, they have left Giant Country. The BFG points out the group of giants running thunderously back to Giant Country, having eaten their fill of boys and girls. Thinking about this renews Sophie’s determination to execute their plan to stop the giants.

They arrive in London. The BFG moves cautiously through the shadows. They reach Hyde Park. Sophie directs the BFG to jump off a statue over Hyde Park Corner. They reach the wall surrounding Buckingham Palace and the BFG jumps over it.

They proceed quickly but carefully through the palace gardens, stopping to let a watchman with a dog pass. They reach the palace and the BFG can hear the breathing from within the rooms. They pass a room with a sleeping man and a few empty ones before reaching a room with a lady. They part the windows, and Sophie recognizes the Queen’s profile.

The BFG sets Sophie on the window ledge and, using his trumpet, blows the dream to the Queen. The BFG hides in the garden—he kisses Sophie on the cheek before he goes to hide—while Sophie waits on the windowsill for the Queen to dream.