Mr. Pink-Whistle Interferes

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Mr Tumpy's Caravan (discovered in a collection of her papers, in 2011; not the 1949 publication of similar title) [54] The Pink-Whistle stories have a special place in my heart, partly because Mr. Pink-Whistle's Party was the very first Enid Blyton book I read - in fact, I think it may have been my first ever "chapter book". It was the summer of 1974 and I was four and a half, and relatives who came to stay bought me the book as a present.

This is a collection of stories about a half-brownie named Mr Pinkwhistle. One day Mr Pinkwhistle realises that bad things seem to happen to good people so he decides that he will use is abilities to actually try to set things right for these people because it hurts him to see all of these bad things happen. This is a very noble cause, and not only that, I also notice that it is not just a nice person helping people out, but rather a person who has abilities using these abilities to actually help people. The thing is that Mr Pink Whistle knows what it is like to be different (we are told that because he is a half-brownie he doesn't fit in with the brownies or the humans), but instead of wallowing in his misery, he uses his uniqueness to do good for people.

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The blurb that has Mr. Pink-Whistle going about the world may not necessarily be true. I think he confines himself more to the highways and byways of England but we can suppose, in the unlikely event that injustices became a little scarce in the Motherland, he could zoom off to some other country. More Bible Stories, retold by Jane Carruth. London, Award, 1987; revised as More Bible Stories for Children, London, Award, 1995. The Little Match Girl and other stories. London, Award, 1985; as Storyland Classics, London, Award, 1998. At that age I had no idea who Enid Blyton was. Indeed, I had little notion of the concept of an "author" - books simply were. Yet as I read the stories I had a feeling of someone "narrating" them in my head and I somehow imagined the "narrator" looking as Mr. Pink-Whistle did on the cover, plump and cheery with rosy cheeks and twinkling eyes. That's how I continued to picture Enid Blyton in my mind's eye for a while, even after someone had told me a little about her, including the fact that she was female! The "Pink-Whistles" are a trio, plus a larger format album called "Mr. Pink-Whistle's Big Book." "The Mean Little Boy" (Chapter #10) is also in "Mr. Pink-Whistle Interferes," but with a few different pictures.

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Mr. Pink-Whistle Interferes

Bible Story Picture Books: Jesus Our Friend, ed. Bertha C. Krall. Wallington, Carwal Publications, 1943. Youngs, Ian (22 February 2011). " 'Lost' Enid Blyton book unearthed". BBC Online . Retrieved 22 February 2011. I consider the Mr. Pink-Whistle stories as relevant today as they ever were, despite having been written in the 1940s-50s. For children to read about a little man who "goes about the world putting wrong things right" is inspiring as well as comforting. Pink-Whistle is motivated by a love of justice, feeling great compassion for anyone who is treated badly, and he realises that merely feeling sorry is not enough. As he says in 'The Little Secret Man', "It's no good being sorry about things if you don't do something to put them right!" How many campaigners for justice have been inspired by Enid Blyton, I wonder, or even specifically by Mr. Pink-Whistle? To empathise with Mr. Pink-Whistle is to aspire to make a difference in society. The idea of children aspiring to be like the little man is made explicit in some of the tales, including 'Mr. Pink-Whistle's Party' in which Merry declares: "I love you, Mr. Pink-Whistle. You go round the world putting wrong things right - and that's what I'm going to do too!" He replies, "You do it already," indicating that he recognises in her a kindred spirit. Merry sums up the Pink-Whistle stories when she says, "...my Mother says everyone ought to do something to help other people, and if we can't see something we've got to look for it."

Beauty and the Beast, and other tales, retold by Roger Lancelyn Green. Leicester, Edmund Ward, 1948.

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While the idea of trying to set things right is a noble cause (such as buying a new doll for a girl who had hers broken, or buying some good clothes for a poor family) seeking vengeance against bad people is probably not something that we should be encouraging children to do. While it is true that we should look after our pets by making sure they are fed and given clean places to live, I don't think stealing the bad owner's food, or messing up their bedrooms a good thing. Okay, in the story Mr Pink Whistle did teach these children a lesson, which they learnt, but that is not always the case. For instance there is the story about Wilfred. It is clear that he is a self-centred bully that lives by instilling fear among those around him. What Mr Pink Whistle can get away with, we can't, and while the best way to deal with bullies is to stand up to them and not let them scare us, we do have to be intelligent about the way we go about it.