Enid Blyton: Happy Days
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One day Robin and Betty find a strange little man in their garden. He is a messenger brownie called Run-About, and he takes the children to his lovely home of Fairyland where biscuits grow on trees and pixies, brownies, elves and gnomes play all day long.
Mr Twiddle is a kind old man, who tries his best to be helpful, but only causes problems and trouble. He plants a boxful of onions, thinking they are daffodil bulbs, thinks he has lost his mackintosh when in fact he is wearing it, and puts a clock in the oven instead of the rice pudding. Poor Mrs Twiddle is left to undo all his muddles.
Mr Pink-Whistle is half-brownie and half-person. He can make himself disappear, talk to animals, and perform magic tricks with the help of his spell-cupboard. He always puts his talents to good use, punishing people who do wrong, like the egg-thief, Mr James Pinch, and rewarding the unfortunate, such as poor Merry who deserves happiness.
Mr Pink-Whistle uses his magical abilities to become invisible, to bring a teddy bear to life, to turn marbles into balloons, and to stop cruel children stealing from others. Determined to change the mean boys for good, Mr Pink-Whistle punishes them in a way that they will never be able to forget. His ideas seem to be limitless, but will he be able to correct the worst of them?
Gillian and Imogen are delighted with their new pets - Bimbo, an elegant Siamese kitten, and Topsy, a greedy fox terrier. The kitten and the puppy get on like a house on fire but cause all sorts of chaos as they get settled into their new home.
Mister Meddle is a pixie with a long nose, which he is forever poking into other people's business. Accepting his offers of help, the innocent characters are unaware of Meddle's meddling ways and fall victim to his troublesome actions. From pouring furniture cream on Sally Simple's strawberries, to losing Mrs Tilly's baby and Miss Tubby's dog, Mister Meddle creates many muddles: his good intentions never have a positive outcome.
Mister Meddle is a pixie who always tries to carry out good deeds. His actions, however, never turn out as planned: he takes all his neighbour's furniture, believing it to be Aunt Jemima's shopping; he is chased by a bull as he misunderstands Farmer Barley's words to 'mind' it; he accidentally does everyone a favour as he sends Sneaky the magician flying away. Repeatedly resolving not to meddle in everyone's affairs, Mister Meddle is unable to mind his own buisness.
There seems to be no end to Mr Twiddle's silliness as he accidentally uses glue instead of toothpaste, finds himself trapped inside a snowball, and brings the goat and sheep out of the rain instead of the coat and sheet. Although Mrs Twiddle despairs of him, she cannot help loving him: after all, he really is trying his best.
Mr Pink-Whistle is not like ordinary people. He's half a brownie and half a person, and he can make himself invisible whenever he wants. But the most important thing about him is he's always helping people in trouble and getting himself into all sorts of funny situations.
Snowball is a little black Shetland foal, and he loves his mother and dreads the thought of leaving her. But the sad day comes and he is bought by the family next door. He soon makes friends with all the other animals, teaches a cruel boy a lesson, and has lots of funny adventures.
Mr Pink-Whistle uses his magic tricks to do what he loves doing most: helping people. Whether he is revealing the cheating ways of the market-seller Tom Twisty, taking all the food from the Jones family's larder as a punishment for forgetting to feed their cat, or putting on a circus show for an ill young girl, Mr Pink-Whistle brings happiness and fairness with him, wherever he goes.
Despite trying his best to be helpful and kind, Mr Twiddle only causes problems and confusion: he forgets his New Year's Resolution (which is not to forget anything), locks a goose in his dog's kennel, and reports his front door as stolen. Despite making so many silly mistakes, it seems that Mr Twiddle will never learn from them.
Poor Mrs Twiddle has to put up with more trouble caused by Mr Twiddle's silliness and forgetfulness. Whether he has sold his boots, instead of having them soled; has put his hat in the bin and the old fish in the wardrobe; or let a burglar steal from their bedroom as he believes it is the cat, Mr Twiddle's attempts to be useful only have the opposite effect.
A meddling and muddling pixie, Mister Meddle causes a stream of problems, as he never gives any thought to his actions. His attempts to help Aunt Jemima and Dame Grumble lead him to take the wrong car, the wrong dog and the wrong dress. He embarrasses and causes problems for himself, as well as for others, as he scares the Queen and gets stuck up a tree. Nevertheless, he remains unaware of the fact that he is the source of his own troubles.
Poor Mister Meddle is a very merry pixie always willing to help out and do good deeds, but he never quite gets it right. One day his meddling gets him into trouble with Aunt Jemima - he serves her up a treacle pudding covered in glue and gets chased home by a Biggle-Gobble.
Binkle and Flip are two very bad and bold rabbits who are always playing jokes on the people of Oak Tree Town, either to get out of doing any honest work, or just to be plain rascally. Each time they get caught and promise never to do anything bad again. But it doesn't last long.
Nothing gets the better of Shuffle the shoemaker and his wonderful Ma for long. He helps Mr. Tuck-In find his memory; changes Snoozy, the lazy brownie into the opposite; and with the right use of magic "clever thoughts," hard work, and kind actions, transforms the life of Tiptop Village.
Binkle and Flip are on a money making mission - plotting and scheming to get lots of treats to enjoy at Heather Cottage. But their poorly crafted plans always go awry, with hilarious results!