Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton Read Free Book Online Page B

they hadn't got back, and their mother was worrying about
them."
So one afternoon, just after lunch, Silky and Moon-Face walked up to the door
of the cottage. Bessie opened it and squealed with delight.
     
   
"Moon-Face! So you got back safely after all! Come in! Come in, Silky darling.
Saucepan, you'll have to take off a kettle or two if you want to get in at the
door."
The children's parents were out. The children and their friends sat and talked
about their last adventure.
     
   
"What land is at the top of the tree now?" asked Dick curiously.
     
   
"Don't know," said Moon-Face. "Like to come and see?" 64
"No, thanks," said Jo at once. "We're not going up there any more."
"Well, come back and have tea with us," said Moon-Face. "Silky's
got some Pop Biscuits -and I've made some Google Buns. I don't often make them-and
I tell you they're a treat!"
"Google Buns!" said Bessie in astonishment. "Whatever are they?"
"You come and see," said Moon-Face, grinning. "They're better than
Pop Biscuits -aren't they, Silky?"
"Much," said Silky.
     
   
"Well-Fanny and I have finished our work," said Bessie. "What about
you boys?"
"We've got about half an hour's more work to do, that's all," said Jo.
"If everyone helps, it will only take about ten minutes. We could leave a
note for Mother. I would rather like to try those Google Buns!"
Well, everyone went into the garden to dig up the carrots and put them into piles.
It didn't take more than ten minutes because they all worked so hard. They put
away their tools, washed their hands, left a note for Mother and then set off
for the Enchanted Wood.
     
   
The Saucepan Man sang one of his ridiculous songs on the way:
"Two tails for a kitten, Two clouds for the sky, Two pigeons for Christmas
To make a plum pie!"
Everyone laughed. Jo, Bessie and Fanny had heard the Saucepan Man's silly songs
before, but Dick hadn't.
     
   
"Go on," said Dick. "This is the silliest song I've ever heard."
The Saucepan Man clashed two kettles together as he sang:
"Two roses for Bessie, Two spankings for Jo, Two ribbons for Fanny, With
a ho-derry-ho!"
"It's an easy song to make up as you go along," said Bessie, giggling.
"Every line but the last has to begin with the word 'Two'. Just think of
any nonsense you like, and the song simply makes itself."
Singing silly songs, they all reached the Faraway Tree. Saucepan yelled up it:
"Hie, Watzis-name! Let down a rope, there's a good fellow! It's too hot to
walk up to-day."
The rope came down. They all went up one by one, pulled high by the strong arms
of Mister Watzisname.
     
   
Fanny was unlucky. She got splashed by Dame Washalot's water on the way up. "Next
time I go up on the rope I shall take an umbrella with me," she said crossly.
     
   
"Come on," said Moon-Face. "Come and eat a Google Bun and see what
you think of it."
Soon they were all sitting on the broad branches
outside Moon-Face's house, eating Pop Biscuits and Google Buns. The buns were
most peculiar. They each had a very large currant in the middle, and this was
filled with sherbet. So when you got to the currant and bit it the sherbet frothed
out and filled your mouth with fine bubbles that tasted delicious. The children
got a real surprise when they bit their currants, and Moon-Face almost fell off
the branch with laughing.
     
   
"Come and see some new cushions I've got," he said to the children when
they had eaten as many biscuits and buns as they could manage. Jo, Bessie and
Fanny went into Moon-Face's funny round house.
     
   
Moon-Face looked round for Dick. But he wasn't there. "Where's Dick?"
he said.
     
   
"He's gone up the ladder to peep and see what land is at the top," said
Silky. "I told him not to. But he's rather a naughty boy, I think."
"Gracious!" said Jo, running out of the house. "Dick! Come back,
you silly!"
Everyone began to shout, "Dick! DICK!"
But no answer came down the ladder. The big white cloud swirled