willy wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last but only five lucky children will be allowed inside. and the winners are: augustus gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; veruca salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; violet beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; mike teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and charlie bucket, our hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life