The Enid Blyton Society

She told that she won't give me any clues. Anyway, is my username 'Some Stupid Stranger'? That isn't funny at all, Julian. You are being very, very, very, very rude.

Will you two never stop?!

Dear-me! What an awful row!

Adventure, the expert is not taken from any kind of series. The book is a stand-alone novel. I doubt if you have read it...

A mystery/adventure stand-alone?

Umm ... yes. But the book is quite short.

I hope that you understand English - because in my message I wrote that "NO clues" allowed. Buty ou have asked me a dozen times. If I this is again, I'll have to report your post.

As Almas seems to have gone, I guess we'll never know.....

Here's a new one:

The five children and for the maggot their way down the drive and into the lane. The five children and the breaker made their manner below traction and in the lane. They went *' concerning; s house, and went up below the winding lane to they came to where the rustic maisonnette had been burned down. There was an extremely small wooden gateway that opened on overgrown which leads away to the rustic maisonnette. The children were below that because to go of plan, then, they hoped, nobody them would see. There was a terrible fragrance of smoke and burning still on air. It a quiet day of April, was very sunny and warm. Celandines lay everywhere in golden bladen. The children opened the wooden poort and went out overgrown. There were himself what left hope made of the working space, a ruined, black was. It a very small rustic maisonnette had been, twee-roomed once, but the separation wall had been taken by *, and when it had been arranged one large binnenwerken space there for him

The * stands for a name of a character.

Hmm; could be one of a couple of stories...I'll plump for

The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage

Correct, Nigel. I'll post the original scene:

The five children and Buster made their way down the drive and into the lane. They passed Mr. Hick's house, and went on down the winding lane until they came to where the cottage had been burnt down. There was a tiny wooden gate that opened on to an over-grown path leading to the cottage. The children planned to go down that, because then, they hoped, nobody would see them.There was a horrid smell of smoke and burning still on the air. It was a still April day, very sunny and warm. Celandines lay in golden sheets everywhere. The children opened the wooden gate and went up the overgrown path. There stood what was left of the workroom, a ruined, blackened heap. It had been a very small cottage, once two-roomed, but the dividing wall had been taken down by Mr. Hick, and then there had been one big room suitable for him to work in.

Thanks for posting that, Philip. I haven't the time at present to search out a paragraph and do the necessary, so if you wish to carry on with this, or leave it to someone else, I am happy.

Reviving this!

A loud bell rang loudly from the farmhouse. The children began. "That's a mother," said Penny. "He wants us back. Well, the cake was good - but I am hungry all over again now - and I'm getting cold too. Oh, what a beautiful place to [Name of farm] Farm is - do we have the good fortune to come and live here!"

No just a weird translation but....
This is the title of an Enid Blyton book, but... Could you translate?


Kaland a kincses szigeten - Legendás ötösfogat

Is not easye!

I think I'll revive this again, since someone kindly pointed us to it from the truly egregious "Enid Blyton: 234 Success Facts", which likewise seems to have been written in another language and translated with a computer!

Oscar's offering, Kaland a kincses szigeten - Legendás ötösfogat, is (according to Google Translate) Hungarian and literally means "Adventure treasure island - legendary quintet". In other words, I suspect it's Five on a Treasure Island.

Next... can anyone recognise this evocative passage?

"Oh, put out the torch!" _____ pleaded. "I want to take care of these stars is a little bit I've never seen such exciting in my life I shine like phosphorescence. -! All blue and green, green and blue, look, how to flash on and off Oh, I wish I could take. hundred to me and put in my bedroom ceiling at home! "

Maybe it´s Lucy-Ann in the cave of stars (Valley of Adventures).

It is! Well done.

Maybe everybody forgot that Ming already posted her question-

Ming wrote:Reviving this!

A loud bell rang loudly from the farmhouse. The children began. "That's a mother," said Penny. "He wants us back. Well, the cake was good - but I am hungry all over again now - and I'm getting cold too. Oh, what a beautiful place to [Name of farm] Farm is - do we have the good fortune to come and live here!"

But anyway, I could say The Children at Willow Farm?