[NIGEL]
Oh, Matilda! They're saying she's going to put me in Chokey!
[MATILDA]
What . . . What's Chokey?
[NIGEL]
They say it's a cupboard in her office that she throws children into. They say she's lined it with nails, and spikes, and bits of broken gla**
[BIG KIDS]
There's a place you are sent if you haven't been good
[BIG KID (Ben Thompson)]
And it's made of spikes and wood
[BIG KIDS]
And it isn't wide enough to sit
[BIG KID (Taylor Trensch)]
And even if you could
[BIG KIDS]
There are nails on the bottom
[BIG KID (Taylor Trensch)]
So you wish you'd –
[BIG KIDS]
Stood!
When the hinges creak and the door is closed
You cannot see squat –
[BIG KID (Tamika Sonja Lawrence)]
Not the end of your nose
[BIG KIDS]
And when you scream, you don't know if the sound came out
Or if the scream in your head even reached your mouth!
Auuurrrgh!