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Enid Blyton
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Author: The Folk of the Faraway Tree
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and up and up —past the Angry Pixie ’ s, past the Owl ’ s home, past Mister Watzisname, still snoring, past Dame Washalot, and right up to Moon-Face ’ s own house.
    "Here we are!" he called to Jo and the Saucepan Man, who were busy tugging at the rope, to bring up the basket. "Thanks so much."
    Everyone was amused to see that the bottom part of poor Connie ’ s dress was gone. "She ’ s ragged now as well as dirty," said Saucepan, sounding quite pleased. He didn ’ t like Connie. "I wonder what will happen to her next."
    "Nothing, I hope," said Connie, scowling at him.
    "Soap? Yes, you do look as if you want a bit of soap," said Saucepan, mis- hearing as usual. "And a needle and cotton too."
    "Now, stop it, Saucepan!" said Silky. "I ’ ve never known you so quarrelsome. Come and eat the Hot- Cold Goodies. Nobody ’ s had any yet."
    They went into Moon-Face ’ s curved home, and sat down again. Connie tried not to go near the hole. She was very much afraid of falling down it again. She took a Hot-Cold Goodie. It was like a very, very big chocolate.
    Hot-Cold Goodies were peculiar. You put them into your mouth and sucked. As soon as you had sucked the chocolate part off, you came to what seemed like a layer of ice-cream."
    "Oooh! Ice-cream!" said Jo , sucking hard. "Cold as can be. Golly, it ’ s too cold to bear! It ’ s getting colder and colder. Moon-Face, I ’ ll have to spit out my goodie, it ’ s too cold for me."
    But just as he said that the Hot-Cold Goodie stoppe d being cold and got hot. At f irst it was pleasantly warm, and then it got very hot.
    "It ’ s almost burning me!" said Bessie. "Oh—now it ’ s gone ice-cold again. Moon-Face, what extraordinary things. Wherever did you get them?"
    "I bought them from a witch who popped down from the Land of Marvels today ," said Moon-Face, grinning. "Funny, aren ’ t they?"
    "Yes —awfully exciting, and delicious to taste, once you get used to them changing from cold to hot and hot to cold," said Bessie. "I ’ ll have another."
    "What land did you say was at the top of the Tree today?" asked Silky. "The Land of Marvels? Oh yes —I went there last year, I remember."
    "What was it like?" asked Fanny.
    "Marve l lous," said Silky. "All wonders and marvels. There ’ s a ladder that hasn ’ t any top—you go on and on climbing up it, and you never reach the top—and a tree that sings whenever the wind blows—a cat that tells your fortune—and a silver bell that takes you all round the world and back in the wink of an eye—well, I can ’ t tell you all the marvels there are."
    “I ’ d like to go and see them," said Jo .
    "You can ’ t," said Silky. "The Land moves on today. It would be dangerous to go there now because it might move on at any moment. Then you ’ d be stuck in the Land of Marvels."
    "I don ’ t believe a word of it," said Connie.
    "She doesn ’ t believe in anything magic," explained Jo , seeing that Silky looked rather surprised. "Don ’ t take any notice of her, Silky. She ’ ll believe all right soon."
    “I shall not ," said Connie. "I ’ m beginning to thin k this is all a horrid dream."
    “Well, go home and go to bed and dream your dream there," said Jo , getting tired of Connie.
    "I will," said Connie, getting up, offended. "I ’ ll climb down the tree myself, and ask that kind red squirrel to see me home. This is a horrid party."
    The silly girl went to the door, opened it, went out and banged it shut. The others stared at one another.
    "Is she always like that?" asked Moon-Face.
    "Yes," said Jo . "She ’ s an only child, and very spoilt, you know. Wants her own way always, and turns up her nose at everything. I ’ d better fetch her back."
    "No, don ’ t," said Moon-Face. "She can ’ t come to any harm. Let her climb down the tree if she wants to. I only hope she peeps in at the Angry Pixie ’ s again. When I went past in the basket he was writing a letter again, but with red ink this time."
    "Then Connie
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