Random words to Blyton Worlds

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Pier - the one the children visit in "Rub-a-Dub Mystery" where Barney has a job and the performers from the inn put on their show.

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Mirror: The curious mirror which reflects one's character rather than one's outward appearance ('The Enchanted Mirror').

Umbrella:
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.

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Umbrella: In the story The Strange Umbrella Tiptap the Pixie steals an umbrella from Wizard Ho-Hum and finds that it is a magic umbrella which wreaks it's own punishment upon him.

Shell:
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Shell: In one of the Pip the Pixie stories, Pip helps a hermit crab by finding him a bigger shell and standing guard as the crab moves out of his old shell and into the new one.

Pie:
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Pie: The blackberry-and-apple pie baked by the Three Golliwogs, which each of them thinks would be delicious served with cream.

Handkerchief:
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.

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Handkerchief: The handkerchief embroidered with "Z" and planted as a false clue to a fake mystery by the Find-Outers in The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat — only for the prank to backfire severely on them and put an innocent person at risk of being prosecuted...

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Bed: The beds of heather and bracken which the children make on The Secret Island.


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Twist - The plot twist in "Rilloby Fair", in which a trained chimpanzee is the culprit.

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Photograph: Jack's photograph of Scar-Neck, which Bill is thrilled to see in The Castle of Adventure.

Poison:
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.

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Poison: The Bagua snake in The River of Adventure, which is deadly poisonous — except in the case of Philip's pet one, which has had its poison ducts cut, but he doesn't tell Raya Uma that! :wink:

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Ring: R-r-r-ring! The sound of the phone in Rat-a-Tat Mystery when it is reconnected after the snow had brought the power lines down and cut the house off from the outside world.

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Sausage: The sausage sandwiches which give some of the children food-poisoning in The Rilloby Fair Mystery.

Beard:
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.

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Beard: The beard that only partially obscures Scar-Neck's scar in Castle of Adventure, his downfall being his open-necked shirt does reveal it.

Table:
"It's the ash! It's falling!" yelled Julian, almost startling Dick out of his wits...
"Listen to its terrible groans and creaks!" yelled Julian, almost beside himself with impatience.


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The table Ern built himself for Fatty for Christmas in "Tally-Ho Cottage".

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Easter: The time of year the first Find- Outer story happened.


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