A Blyton Guide to Mystery Solving and Survival

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1. One major requirement in a mystery solving adventure situation is shelter. Where would we set up our bijou 'home away from home' if we were true Blyton Adventure Survivors and Solvers of Mysteries? Somewhere with lots of grown ups we can turn to for help Right beside the bad guys, so we can spy on them, and play tricks to confound them at every opportunity A nice comfortable hotel with hot water, soft beds, and regular meals Somewhere safe, secure, and above all, weatherproof

2. Once we've established ourselves in our new living quarters for the duration of our Blyton Adventure, who will have the 'housekeeping' duties? The girl - or if there is more than one girl, then the youngest girl Nobody, it's a camp, we're children, we don't do housekeeping! We will all muck in together, we share everything The maid from home will pop over every day to do it for us

3. Time to eat! In the world of the Blyton Adventure Survivor, where does food "always taste better"? Eaten outdoors When it's 'forbidden' like sardines on ginger cake When it's chocolate Safe at home

4. We have three kinds of sandwiches, slabs of fruit cake, hard boiled eggs and a little twist of paper with the salt, fresh tomatoes, plums, and gingerbread to eat. What will we NOT be washing it all down with? Creamy fresh farm milk Lashings of ginger beer Coca cola through a straw A nice mug of hot cocoa

5. It's cold and it's dark out here in our Blyton Adventure! Who will light the campfire for us? Why the boys of course, girls don't play with fire! How will the boys light the lifesaving fire? By sneaking into the 'baddies' camp and stealthily extracting a burning twig from their fire No child in a Blyton book would risk a fire! We're Doomed! By rubbing two boy scouts together, it's easy when you know how Using the kind of matches that will only strike on the box

6. As intrepid Blyton Adventurers, what will we never ever do during our adventure? Read an Enid Blyton book Go to the toilet Get washed or bathe Tell a fib

7. Sometimes we have an adult on the scene who persists in getting under our feet, in our way, and generally lurking about suspiciously while we try to solve the mystery. How do we react to them? Sometimes we resort to locking them in their room/a cellar/a dungeon etc to keep them out of our way We collect 'evidence' that shows they are a 'baddie' and should be stopped at any cost Any of these methods are acceptable when dealing with nuisance grown ups We lay false clues and send them on a wild goose chase

8. During our Blyton Adventure, we may also encounter an adult who seems to be friendly and helpful in every way. We can confide in them, ask their advice, and they are a general all round 'good sort'. It is true that they never, ever turn out to be 'not what they seem', right? True False

9. We've solved almost all the clues and are hot on the trail of the final pieces of our Blyton Adventure puzzle. At some point during our night on the trail, we will need to communicate furtively with each other so as not to alert the bad guys to our presence. How can we do this? Use our cell phones to send text messages We have GPS, night vision goggles, and radio communications devices Send our dog/monkey/parrot with a message Hoot like an owl through our thumbs

10. We intrepid Blyton Adventurers have solved the clues, followed the trail, and worked out where the 'baddies' are hiding out...it's time to send for the cavalry! Who we gonna call? Nobody! We can take them prisoner ourselves and poke them with sticks until they see the error of their criminal ways! Ghostbusters! Several burly policemen under the supervision of an Inspector Our parents who up until this point thought we were all fast asleep in our nice warm beds