Moonface's Story (The Magic Faraway Tree)

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Connie, a spoilt and stuck-up girl, comes to stay for the summer with the three children while her mother is sick.

Produced originally in 1943, this title is a popular one and was described very aptly by a fan as "One of Enid Blyton's most enchanting tales. Roll each piece into a ball and place them together in the pan, they should be somewhat tight and touching. Review by Terry Gustafson Brief Summary by Robert Houghton: Cousin Dick comes to stay with Jo, Bessie and Fanny and together they share many more wonderful adventures up the Faraway Tree. I generally kind of tweak the recipe each time I make it by adding different things so the recipe below will be similar but not identical to theirs. I found I had to manually work the sultanas through at this stage to ensure they would be properly distributed.Now the scene is set for the children to do what the Faraway Tree books are all about — visiting one land after another and experiencing adventures. The first title of the main trilogy, The Enchanted Wood, was published in 1939, although the Faraway Tree and Moon-Face had already made a brief appearance in 1936 in The Yellow Fairy Book. The children got a real surprise when they bit their currants, and Moon-Face almost fell off the branch with laughing.

Dame Washalot, who spends her time washing her clothes and throwing the dirty wash-water down the tree.To make the ‘egg’ wash’ simply combine the 2 tablespoons of milk and 1 tablespoon of maple syrup and brush over the tops of the uncooked buns.