小乔治的姥姥总是折磨孩子,于是小乔治为了报复姥姥,把家里很多物品和液体都混合在一起替换了姥姥原来服用的药,神奇的事姥姥喝了这药水后便变得无比的高大!小乔治的爸爸希望能用小乔治的药来获得世界上最大的动物,然而小乔治想不起来药的成分了。几次失败后,姥姥不听劝一口气喝了失败的药水,身体迅速地缩小,最后小得再也看不见了。
“George didn’t say a word. He felt quite trembly. He knew something tremendous had taken place that morning. For a few brief moments he had touched with the very tips of his fingers the edge of a magic world.”