Girl who doesn't do chores - shoelaces, bike tyre, sewing

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Girl who doesn't do chores - shoelaces, bike tyre, sewing

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Hello there Enid Blyton fans
I've been telling my kids this story for years and I know it was an Enid Blyton tale I read as a child. I tell the story, probably somewhat adapted as I fill in the blanks in my memory, as a way of encouraging my kids to do their chores on time.
The main ingredients of the story are that a little girl puts off mending her bicycle puncture, replacing her shoelaces and sewing up a hole in her pocket with the result that she loses some money, hurts her knee and... I'm not sure what else.
Does anyone recognise this story?
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Frosty
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Re: Girl who doesn't do chores - shoelaces, bike tyre, sewin

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Ah yes - it's 'Whatever Next!" The girl's name is Eileen - it's a great little story. It can be found in these books (I have it in Enid Blyton's Sunshine Book):

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/sear ... tever+next" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Girl who doesn't do chores - shoelaces, bike tyre, sewin

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Wow! That was a quick reply. Thank you very much. I am going to look out for this so that I can correct my retellings... although these days it's usually enough for me to say something like 'watch out or you'll turn into the little girl in the story!'.
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I'm sure there's a similar one about the amazing repercussions that happen when a young girl tries to get out of cleaning her bicycle and invents more amazing and outlandish stories to cover her tracks - but I can't remember it.
Possibly read it in Enid Blyton's Magazine...
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