The Toys Go On Strike! - The Sixth Holiday Book 1951
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The Toys Go On Strike! - The Sixth Holiday Book 1951
Everybody seems to be going on strike these days. Did Enid Blyton foresee this decades ago!!
" A kind heart always brings its own reward," said Mrs. Lee.
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Re: The Toys Go On Strike! - The Sixth Holiday Book 1951
I remember that story from the Purnell Sunshine Library collection Toyland Tales — it was the first place where I ever learned the term "go on strike"! (I'd forgotten that Enid indicates that this "isn't a very noble thing to do" — an opinion that largely depends on which side of the dispute one is on, of course — but it was still a very instructive and amusing story.)
(I'd forgotten that Enid indicates that this "isn't a very noble thing to do" — an opinion that largely depends on which side of the dispute one is on, of course — but it was still a very instructive and amusing story.)Society Member
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
Re: The Toys Go On Strike! - The Sixth Holiday Book 1951
We had a clock that striked on the hour.
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