Treacle-Pudding Town - Sunny Stories 1940 - (Marjorie Thorp illustrator)
Recent interest in this story made me long to read it - but I only have very few of the hundreds of Sunny Story Magazines in my collection. Surely I would not have issue 161!!!
I was in luck - so here it is:
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Treacle-Pudding Town - Sunny Stories 1940
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Treacle-Pudding Town - Sunny Stories 1940
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Thanks Pete, I'm pleased to have seen it, predictable though it was.
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And just for fun, the answer to the Riddle-me-ree is 'Maori'
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Yes, a bit like the fate of poor old Winks in The Wishing-Chair Again when he eats his way out of a prison made of chocolate cake and then can never face chocolate cake again! I agree, this one's predictable, but a good Blytonesque cautionary tale. Thanks for sharing, Pete.
It is too — nice to see a New Zealander puzzle in Sunny Stories! I wonder if any Australian children made contributions like that over the years as well?Boatbuilder wrote:And just for fun, the answer to the Riddle-me-ree is 'Maori'
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Thanks Pete, I don't have that story in any collection, it's good to be able to read it.
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Re: Treacle-Pudding Town - Sunny Stories 1940
I only came across 'Treacle-Pudding Town' as an adult (in The Little Sugar House and Other Stories) but as a child I read a story called 'Porridge Town' (in Fairy Stories, Purnell Sunshine Library) which is similar in some respects. I love these surreal towns and lands that Enid dreams up!
Thanks for scanning the story, Pete. Marjorie Thorp's illustrations are charming.
I notice that Enid Blyton asks readers not to send in any more puzzles or poems to Sunny Stories for a year or so as she already has so many in hand. That must have been disappointing for children who had just finished composing one!
Thanks for scanning the story, Pete. Marjorie Thorp's illustrations are charming.
I notice that Enid Blyton asks readers not to send in any more puzzles or poems to Sunny Stories for a year or so as she already has so many in hand. That must have been disappointing for children who had just finished composing one!
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