The story begins with Sophie, a young orphan girl, who lives in an orphanage in London. One night, she encounters a giant, known as the Big Friendly Giant (BFG), who collects dreams and is much kinder than the other giants. The BFG takes Sophie to his home in the land of the giants, where she learns about his life and his work collecting dreams.
However, the other giants, led by the Fleshlumpeater, Bonecruncher, and Childchewer, are cruel and eat humans. The BFG is afraid of them and wants to protect Sophie. He comes up with a plan to stop the other giants from eating humans, but it requires Sophie's help.
Sophie and the BFG concoct a plan to convince the Queen of England to help them. They create a special dream that the Queen will have, which will make her believe that the giants are real and that they need to be stopped. The plan works, and the Queen agrees to help them.
The BFG and Sophie, along with the Queen's army, devise a plan to capture the flesh-eating giants and relocate them to a remote island. The plan is successful, and the giants are captured and taken away.
In the end, Sophie returns to London and lives with a kind servant named Mary in the Queen's palace. She and the BFG remain friends, and Sophie knows that the BFG will always be able to hear her, no matter where she is.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The story begins in an orphanage in London.
2. A headmistress tries to lock the door, but finds magazines on the floor.
3. A young girl named Sophie is awake and sees the headmistress.
4. Sophie talks to the headmistress and says she loves 3 a.m.
5. Sophie sees a giant outside the window and tries to shoo him away.
6. The giant, named BFG, kidnaps Sophie and takes her to his home.
7. Sophie discovers that BFG collects dreams and puts them in jars.
8. BFG tells Sophie that he is as old as the Earth and can hear children's hearts.
9. Sophie and BFG become friends, and Sophie helps BFG with his work.
10. The leader of the giants, who is afraid of water, tries to hurt BFG.
11. Sophie and BFG come up with a plan to stop the giants from eating humans.
12. They go to the queen's palace and ask for her help.
13. The queen agrees to help them, and they come up with a plan to capture the giants.
14. They use a magic horn to give the giants nightmares, and the army captures them.
15. The giants are taken to an isolated island, and Sophie returns to London to live with Mary.
16. Sophie has a dream about BFG and wakes up to find that he is living happily alone.
17. Sophie and BFG can still communicate with each other despite the distance between them.