Dahl includes a few lines of black humor that hold a bit of dramatic irony for the reader, who knows more than the grocer or the police. look back over the story and write two passages that make the reader chuckle at the dark humor/thick irony of the lines.

your eyes are the first things that you open

you need to make an explanation. so, since you did not include one, so no one, and i mean no one can unfortunately you,

the central idea is basically saying that juveniles that have committed a crime will not have the same consequences as the   adults that have. they will have a softer punishment than what the adults have that is harsh in some ways.