Going Solo: Popular PenguinsThey didnt think for one moment that they would find anything but a burnt out fuselage and a charred skeleton; and they were apparently astounded whn they came upon my still breathing body, lying in the sand near by in 1938 roald dahl was fresh out of school and bound for his first job in africa, hoping to find adventure far from home however, he got far more excitement than he bargained for when the outbreak of the second world war led him to join