Was this an Enid Blyton story?

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Was this an Enid Blyton story?

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Hello, I'm hoping somebody could solve a mystery about a story from my primary school days (a very long time ago!) I remember being read a story in class where we had to count the number of times the word 'AND' appeared - there were LOTS of them. Does this ring a bell with anyone? It may have been in the' Faraway ' series.
Thank you for your thoughts.
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deborahjoan60 wrote:It may have been in the' Faraway ' series.
The books in the Faraway Tree series are:
  • The Enchanted Wood
    The Magic Faraway Tree
    The Folk of the Faraway Tree
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I've just counted the number of 'and's in chapter IX of "The Magic Faraway Tree" (entitled "The Land Of Dreams"), and I make it 63 (although I may have missed a couple). Hope this helps! :roll:
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Please specify some other things about the story too, Deborah, i.e a fairy, a certain naughty brownie, etc.

There are a good deal of stories with a lot of ands!
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I can't help wondering why you were asked about the number of 'ands' . I guess that's why not much story has been remembered - too busy counting!
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