A self-diagnosis of sonambulism was the perfect strategy to frequently raid the fridge

No opportunity was missed in the search for Barney's father.

"Trotteville, it has been brought to my attention that you were the fat, shapeless woman selling balloons at the school gate. Now, regarding my little indiscretion of saying to ...err... you ... ummm, well, to her ... that I would leave my wife for her, I just want you to know that that was me ...

https://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/author/illustrations/520wide+1209386.jpg The two elderly spinsters who lived in the Cottage had started the fire deliberately, hoping that a fire engine filled with rugged, handsome men in uniform would appear and rescue them. It was therefore a huge disappointme...

Some great captions. Special mention to Bertie's 99 Red balloons caption :D But the winner is Anita's first entry. It took me back to thinking about coding and playing games on my 1980s Commodore 64 :D "I'll become addicted to playing Bubble Shooter if I'm not careful," thought Pippin. Ove...

Some great captions. Keep 'em coming folks and I'll choose a winner tomorrow evening. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DukjW6_XSOw/UhJSID9YcPI/AAAAAAAACgI/-UTb7TbZS8w/s400/FourthHolidayBook_p038_crop.jpg My own contribution: After 30 years of catching the 06:58 train, wearing a suit, working long hours in ...

Thank you, Fiona.

Here's the next one; an illustration by Raymond Sheppard, taken from the Fourth Holiday book (1949)

Nora looked round angrily at her father - who had insisted she wash off her eye-liner, mascara and bright red lipstick - and hummed to herself:

'Half a pound of tuppenny rice,
Half a pound of treacle,
Mix his tea with laxatives,
'Cos Pop is a weasel.'

As he cleaned the inside of his ear on the old man's newly laundered curtains, Fatty pondered whether he would be able to reach the handle to shut the door.

And the winner is .....

Boatbuilder wrote: ↑17 Aug 2023, 22:42 "Miss, the caretaker told us you had a 'magnetic attraction', so why is nothing happening?"

Well done, Boatbuilder, and over to you.

Thank you Moonraker!

From Last term at Malory Towers



Looking forward to reading your captions. I'll judge next week.

With her headscarf, protruding teeth and moustache, whilst wearing a shapeless coat and men's striped-trousers, Daisy and Bets knew this wasn't one of Fatty's better disguises.

It was clear that new house-keeper, Mrs Tickle, was not very good at her job so it was hoped she might notice the set of footprints down the wall, stopping abruptly at the bottom, recollect her fright at Rat a tat cottage with Mr No-One and end up doing a runner.

https://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/author/illustrations/520wide+1525113.jpg After much glueing and piecing together, the girls sat back to listen to their favourite Kate Bush record: Bad dreams in the night They told me I was going to lose the fight Leave behind my Desmond has a barrow in the mark...

Winning caption made me laugh out loud.

Anita Bensoussane wrote: ↑20 Jun 2023, 08:05 When Miss Theobald announced that she now identified as a chimpanzee, the girls accepted the news graciously.

Well done, Anita. Over to you!