A map, showing the workings of the Haunted Mine.Billy Farmer wrote:For a location - a Haunted Mine, and nearby an old Inn, with a secret passage, leading from the Inn to the Mine.
A legend attached to the old Mine, and also the old Inn, and characters, whose ancestors, worked down the Haunted Mine.
Also an unpleasant character, who had an ancestor, who worked in the old Inn.
An Enid Blyton guide to writing an adventure story
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A whole tongue on a farmhouse table and a very disagreeable local policeman.
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Tinned tongue and potted meat.
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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)
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Some 'field glasses'
Also a swimsuit!!
And maybe tracing paper for tracing old maps and documents.
Also a swimsuit!!
And maybe tracing paper for tracing old maps and documents.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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An old mother with a cruel son.
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A compass!
Reviving this thread because I'm only just seeing it now.
Reviving this thread because I'm only just seeing it now.
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A lovable (but sometimes savage) dog for protection..
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A ‘foreigner’ with eyes set too close together.
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A Gypsy caravan.
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Stepdad's with a white-tipped nose when angry.
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A girl, other than George, who looks and acts like a boy.
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A boy that acts like a girl. (Wasn't there one in "Go off to Camp")
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A person with thin lips which signifies they are cruel and untrustworthy.
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A cook who is always baking gingerbread, macaroons, meringues, shortbread, scones or fruit cake.
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A nighttime adventure in which everyone can participate (except for the girls).