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Galloping Foxley 'Galloping Foxley' is a short story by Roald Dahl that first appeared in the November 1953 issue of Town & Country. It was included in the 1953 collection Someone Like You, and was later adapted in an episode of Tales of The Unexpected. Watch Tales of the Unexpected - Season 2, Episode 3 - Galloping Foxley: After more than sixty years, William Perkins is still haunted by memories of.

Galloping Foxley

'Galloping Foxley' is a short story by Roald Dahl that first appeared in the November 1953 issue of Town & Country. It was included in the 1953 collection Someone Like You, and was later adapted in an episode of Tales of The Unexpected.

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One of the more unusual Tales of The Unexpected, Roald Dahl claimed that Galloping Foxley was based on a true story. The story is about a man named Perkins described as a 'contented commuter' but who is in fact obsessed by routine. Every day he arrives at the station and catches the 8.12am train taking the same seat in the carriage. One day his routine is shattered by the arrival of a newcomer who takes first his place at the station, and then his seat in the carriage. The outraged Perkins slowly realises that he recognises the newcomer as a former school-mate. The newcomer clearly does not recognise Perkins, allowing the author to fill the void. The newcomer is Bruce Foxley. While at school, Foxley was a prefect who used Perkins as his personal slave: viciously abusing him mentally and physically. Indeed the name 'Galloping Foxley' is in recognition of the method in which Foxley takes a run up when delivering a beating.

The ending used in Tales of The Unexpected differs from the original written version. In the short story, Perkins decides to seek revenge by publicly humiliating Foxley. He introduces himself; without a shred of emotion, Foxley introduces himself but he gives a different name and school. While ambiguous- the man could indeed by Foxley and simply be lying to confuse and humiliate Perkins- the implication is the man is not Foxley at all and Perkins has simply been wrong all along. In the television version Perkins creates a scene and recounts to the other passengers the misery he suffered at the hands of the newcomer. Again the newcomer shows no emotion but denies being Foxley and gives a different name and school. However, he gives a knowing look and rests his cane on his shoulder exactly as the viewer saw Foxley do earlier on. This version is less ambiguous, and it is clear that the newcomer is indeed Foxley returning once again to humiliate Perkins.

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My author study of Roald Dahl started with a reading of his Collected Stories while watching the accompanying episode of

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Tales of the Unexpected. Each Friday I'll recap a story and show (with spoilers, just so you know), but I encourage you to read and watch them on your own if you're interested!

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'Galloping Foxley' from Collected Stories (read 1/10/19)

Mr. Perkins is an old man who loves his daily routine and commute is shaken when a stranger starts taking the same train as him. Something about the stranger seems familiar - his looks, the way he talks... It makes Mr. Perkins feel slightly afraid. Then he realizes this man was his school bully! He remembers all of the awful things this bully did to him, and is determined to politely embarrass the bully. He introduces himself, and the bully introduces himself back - it's not the bully.

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'Galloping Foxley' from Tales of the Unexpected (viewed 1/10/19)

The film was pretty similar to the story, with some changes to make it more visually appealing. At the end, Perkins told everyone the awful things that happened at school before asking the man to introduce himself, and it turned out the man wasn't the bully. I liked this more than in the story where Perkins only introduced himself. Though I'm still half convinced, in the film version, that the man WAS the bully, and was just lying because that's the type of person he is. Who would listen to those awful things being said about them and then admit they are that person??