Connie's Curious Candle - Short Story

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Connie's Curious Candle - Short Story

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[Rob Houghton]

One of my faves as a child...although I did feel a bit disappointed that none of my candles ever melted into an 'R' shape!

[pete9012S]

Thanks for the recommendation Rob - I had never read this story!

[Rob Houghton]

Always happy to 'further your Blyton knowledge' lol!

[pete9012S]

Yes - could even get me into double figures in the quiz!!!

[Courtenay]

My name begins with C too, but I never had a candle melt itself into that shape for me! (I would have preferred a green candle, anyway — my favourite colour.)

[Rob Houghton]

One thing I noticed in Eileen Soper's illustrations (dare I criticise the Great Eileen?!) compared to the version I had as a child, is that the candles all look quite short and stubby - hardly likely to melt and bend into a shape of any kind! In my version they were longer and so you could easily imagine them melting.

[Snehalatha]

The Red Cushion is one I like a lot. How.a good turn comes.back to you.

[Anita Bensoussane]

'Connie's Curious Candle' is a particularly memorable Enid Blyton story. Perhaps that's partly due to the alliterative title, though I think it's also because it's clever and unexpected, and because the candles are animated in a quite Dickensian fashion. The spookily surreal atmosphere works its spell on the reader too. If I were compiling an anthology of Enid Blyton tales, 'Connie's Curious Candle' would definitely be in it.

[Nair Snehalatha]

Talking of short stories, there are short stories like--Runabouts holiday, The Saucy Jane family.etc--but they are tjom books like Enid Blytons Bedtime stories
I really enjoy them.--.so would all of us