How Matilda: The Musical Compares to the Original Book
8 Differences Between "Matilda: The Musical" and the Original Roald Dahl Book
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At the end of the book, Matilda returns home from a visit with Miss Honey to find her family scurrying to flee the country before the police catch up to her father. Matilda says she doesn't want to go and asks Miss Honey if she can stay with her instead. In the movie musical, Miss Honey first broaches the subject, to Matilda's delight. Both versions end the same way, though: with Miss Honey and Matilda making a new life, away from their terrible pasts, together.