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What's the summary of the chapter 6 of Boy?

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The sixth chapter of Boy sees the end of the Great Mouse Plot. The boys are punished by the headmaster while the ghastly Mrs. Pratchett watches. Roald Dahl's mother, shocked to see the physical abuse her son experiences, confronts the principal and starts making plans to send Dahl to boarding school in England. The chapter sees the end of Dahl's description of his years at Llandaff Cathedral School.

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The sixth chapter of Boy is called "Mrs. Pratchett's Revenge" and follows on the boys being discovered to have planted the dead mouse in one of Mrs. Pratchett's sweet jars.
After being identified as the masterminds behind the Great Mouse Plot, Dahl, Thwaites, and the other friends are all called to the headmaster's office. It is here that they each receive a beating from the headmaster with a thin cane.
Thwaites is first in the row and Dahl last. Dahl emphasizes the brutality of the incident. The horror of the incident increases when the reader realizes that Mrs. Pratchett is also in the office and is eagerly encouraging the headmaster to beat the boys with more force. She takes great pleasure in the pain the headmaster inflicts on the school boys. Dahl finds being the last in line even more daunting, as he has to witness all the other boys' suffering before his turn comes. He keeps imagining his mother will burst in and save him, but this doesn't happen, and he too is beaten.
Later that day, Dahl's mother sees his bruised bottom when he gets ready to bathe. She leaves the children with the nanny and strides off to confront the headmaster about this disciplinary process. Mrs. Dahl and the headmaster differ in terms of what is considered acceptable punishment. He states that as a foreigner, she simply does not understand their ways. She later explains to Dahl that "They don’t beat small children like that where I come from" and says, "I won’t allow it." Mrs. Dahl determines to send Dahl to school in England as soon as the school year is over.

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What's the summary of the chapter 6 of Boy?

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