文档介绍：Magic Faraway Tree
By Enid Blyton
I.
es to Stay.
Once upon a time there were three children, Jo, Bessie and Fanny.
They lived with their mother and father in a little cottage deep in the
country. The girls had to help their mother in the house, and Jo
helped his father in the garden.
Now, one day their mother had a letter. She didn't very often have
letters, so the children wondered what it was about.
"Listen!" she said. "This is something quite exciting for you. Your
cousin Dick ing to stay with us!"
"Ooh!" said all the children, pleased. Dick was about the same age as
Jo. He was a merry boy, rather naughty, and it would be such fun to
have him.
"He can sleep with me in my little bedroom!" said Jo. "Oh, Mother,
what fun! When is ing?"
"To-morrow," said Mother. "You girls can put up a little bed for him
in Jo's room, and, Jo, you must make room for Dick's things in your
cupboard. He is going to stay quite a long time, because his mother is
ill and can't look after him."
The three children flew upstairs to get Jo's room ready for Dick as well.
"I say! What will Dick say when we tell him about the Enchanted
Wood and the Faraway Tree?" cried Jo.
"And what will he say when we show him our friends there-Silky, and
old Moon-Face, and the dear old deaf Saucepan Man, and everyone!"
said Bessie.
"He will get a surprise!" said Fanny.
They got everything ready for their cousin. They put up a little camp-
bed for him, and found some blankets. They put a cushion for a
pillow. They made room in Jo's cupboard and chest of drawers for
Dick's things. Then they looked out of the window. It looked on to a
dark, thick wood, whose trees waved in the wind, not far from the
bottom of the garden.
"The Enchanted Wood!" said Bessie softly. "What marvellous
adventures we have had there. Maybe Dick will have some, too."
Dick arrived the next day. He came in the carrier's cart, with a small
bag of clothes. He jumped dow