Treacle-Pudding Town - Sunny Stories 1940

[pete9012S]

Treacle-Pudding Town - Sunny Stories 1940 - (Marjorie Thorp illustrator)

Recent interest in this story made me long to read it - but I only have very few of the hundreds of Sunny Story Magazines in my collection. Surely I would not have issue 161!!!
I was in luck - so here it is:

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[Daisy]

Thanks Pete, I'm pleased to have seen it, predictable though it was.

[Boatbuilder]

And just for fun, the answer to the Riddle-me-ree is 'Maori'

[Courtenay]

Yes, a bit like the fate of poor old Winks in The Wishing-Chair Again when he eats his way out of a prison made of chocolate cake and then can never face chocolate cake again! I agree, this one's predictable, but a good Blytonesque cautionary tale. Thanks for sharing, Pete.

And just for fun, the answer to the Riddle-me-ree is 'Maori'

It is too — nice to see a New Zealander puzzle in Sunny Stories! I wonder if any Australian children made contributions like that over the years as well?

[Kate Mary]

Thanks Pete, I don't have that story in any collection, it's good to be able to read it.

[Anita Bensoussane]

I only came across 'Treacle-Pudding Town' as an adult (in The Little Sugar House and Other Stories) but as a child I read a story called 'Porridge Town' (in Fairy Stories, Purnell Sunshine Library) which is similar in some respects. I love these surreal towns and lands that Enid dreams up!

Thanks for scanning the story, Pete. Marjorie Thorp's illustrations are charming.

I notice that Enid Blyton asks readers not to send in any more puzzles or poems to Sunny Stories for a year or so as she already has so many in hand. That must have been disappointing for children who had just finished composing one!