Mischief Again!

PHOTOGRAPHS BY .'.

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STORY BY

PAUL KAlE

MISCHIEF AGAIN by

Enid Blyton and Paul Kaye Here

is

the second

book about the

Laughing Kitten

irresistible

so en-

chanting that all animal-lovers, young or old, will love

it.

Tinker romps through the pages

once more, trying to teach the puppy

how

gramophone, how camera (in the wrong way !),

to play the

to use the

what a typewriter

is

or isn't for, and

what happens when you the telephone! is

try to

answer

Floppy the puppy

only too willing to learn, and to

share in

all

Tinker's mischief.

Again the photographs are superb almost incredibly good in the way they portray these ingenuous

young

are by Paul Kaye,

creatures.

They and the story is by that well-loved writer, Enid Blyton. This

unusual

everyone, and

many

its

book

will

please

pages will be turned

times, with delighted chuckles.

Once more Paul Kaye, Enid Blyton, and the Kitten have presented us with a truly enchanting book.

ROY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

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Misckief

Again! PHOTOGRAPHS BY

PAUL KAYE STORY BY

^ ROY PUBLISHERS-NEW YORK

Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 55-9186

Printed in Great Britain

What are Floppy and Tinker up this

morning?

'Floppy, help

Mischief again

me

!

to put this record

on/' says Tinker.

'Then we can have some music. Careful

now

!

to

"Now,

I'll

wind up the gramophone

and the music

will begin.

See, I'm turning the handle !

aren't

1

clever ?

Oh

Floppy,

why do you

on the record

sit

like that?

You're going round

and round and round!

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Tinker, come up here with It's

fun to D go round

while the music plays!"

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Now,

isn't this

wonderful?

Round and round we go slower

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now

oh,

" it's

stopping!

it's

getting

"Floppy, get off and I'll wind it up again and put on another record/

-No HI it's

my

get one,

Tinker-

turn to put one on."

'Oh, you bad puppy!

just look at the pieces!"

the record

'Help me, Tinker hurting

YouVe broken

it's

sharp,

it's

me Oh, please do take it away !

!

There you

are,

I've taken

it

Is

poor old Floppy

away.

that better?

Cheer up!"

!

Quick,

let's

go!

Somebody's coming and they sound

VERY

cross.

Run, Floppy, run!"

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Are you hungry, Tinker? a nice smell

I

am.

There's

coming from something up on

that table. Sniff-sniff!

Whatever can

it

be?"

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il

go up and see, Floppy.

climbing up the tablecloth table slipping off the

Here oooh,

help!"

I

go,

it's

CRASH! Whatever 's happened?

Was

that

an earthquake or something?

Where

Oh

are

dear,

we?

what a mess!

Floppy, I've cut

my paw

on that broken cup!" Well, Tinker, lick

it

better!"

Oh

Floppy, you've a dreadful

bump on your Please do

let

poor

me

little

nose!

kiss that better.

Licking We'll

is

lie

and have

sleepy work.

down

together

a little

nap!"

If

>t-|i

do a

I'll

my own.

little

What's

that people call a

Why,

it

has a

Klin

exploring

this thing

all

on

up here

camera?

little

open door ..."

And

inside

dark room.

is

a funny

It

little

will just

fit

because I'm not very big."

me

:...

,

Yes,

I

thought

so.

the right size ...

It's

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exactly

I shall

hide away

from that naughty puppy."

If

Floppy doesn't come to

find fast

me

soon,

I shall

be

asleep and dreaming/'

Hallo, Tinker! for

Fve been looking

you everywhere.

little

kennel?

Can

I

Is this a

new

come in?"

It's

a camera, silly!

I'll

take a picture of you, shall I?

Oh

Floppy, don't stand there

listening to the other

end

you won't hear a thing

' !

And

it's

into

it,

no use talking either.

It isn't a

telephone.

Really, Floppy,

you don't know very much!"

Well, Tinker, tell

me what

Fll

do

just

to

do then.

what you say!

Stand right away from the camera, Floppy taken a

there,

BEAUTIFUL

IVe

picture

of you.

You're a very good puppy."

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Oh thank

you, Tinker.

I'll

give you a kiss for that!"

Be

careful, Floppy,

your paws are tipping the camera

be careful!

Oooooh! The camera's get out of the way,

falling

Floppy!"

Now Don't

look what you Ve done let's

play with

the camera any Let's go for

more

and look

something else!"

!

" fefc

What's

Yes I

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this,

it's

Tinker?

Do you know?"

a typewriter.

can write a letter with

it if I

tap these

little

round keys. Just watch.

"Floppy, get down! You're spoiling

my

beautiful letter.

You're being naughty again.

'I'm sorry, Tinker.

Don't look so angry.

and put your

I'll

come

letter right

me."

for

you

Oh

Floppy, you can't use a

if you'll let

typewriter upside

Don't be silly!"

down

like that,

Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap It's

very

!

difficult to

type

a letter properly.

"Do

let's

have a

little

rest!"

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R-r-r-r-ring

!

R-r-r-r-ring !

'That's the telephone bell

ringing, Floppy. I'll

show you how

Just watch

what

I

to

answer

do!"

it,

You

lift

the receiver

off,

like this

and then you

talk into

the end with the hole

'Now

I

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try,

quick, give

Oh

dear,

now

Fm

all

in the flex

!

Tinker

me

the receiver

tangled up

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Floppy, you are the

puppy

I

ever knew!

spoiling things!

I'll

silliest

You're always give you

such a biff on the head

There!

That's what happens to

puppies

who

Now

little

haven't any brains!

behave yourself and be quiet."

'I

shan't play with

ANY

more, Floppy!

You can

Fm

you

just stay here

off to look for

someone

else!

by yourself.

;

Ah! Here's another

kitten

to play with.

He's sitting on that big round cymbal. I'll

jab

jump up on him with

the

drum and

the drum-stick!"

Biff

!

Aren't

I

clever

with the drum-stick?

Come down

off the

and play with me,

cymbal kitten!''

"What! You won't come? Well, take that then

biff-biff

"Tinker, stop that,

you bad I'll

little

fellow!

soon show you

how

sharp

my

claws can be!"

!"

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'There now, Tinker

youVe

hit

your

own

with the stick

and youVe

fallen off

the drum. It

serves

you right!"

nose

Tinker runs away in a hurry.

Ah, what

is

a saucer of

'Just

what

this

milk

I feel

"Quack, quack says

!

like!" says Tinker

and so do I!"

somebody nearby.

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Quack

!

Let

me

Well, duckling

have some too

!

do you have

to stand in the saucer?

Don't you know better manners than that?"

'I

know how

to drink

milk just as well

as

you do,

kitten !

Fm

Oh

dear

my

feathers all wet."

getting

You've drunk

all

greedy duckling!

the milk, you

Let

me

lick

your feathers dry, then I shall at least have a few drops!

I'm tired of puppies and kittens and ducklings. I'll go and talk to that old

brown

horse.

Hallo, Dobbin, what's in your

bag?"

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Climb up and see, Hrrrrrrrrrumph little kitten. I'm eating my dinner and it's very nice. I'll take my nose !

out and then you can see into the bag/'

Hey, be in

careful, kitten

and get

there,

I

lost

among my

thought you'd go

head-over-heels

!

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you'll fall oats

Peep-bo! like

Here

I

am, Dobbin!

I

don't

your oats and I'm going home.

Do you know I feel

the way, please?

rather lonely."

I'll

climb up on top of your gate, Dobbin,

and see there.

Oh,

I

if I I

my way home from Floppy, he's my friend.

can spy

want

believe

I

can see him!"

Yes,

Oh

it's

Floppy.

dear, he doesn't

seem

very pleased to see me. Hallo, Floppy!

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So

I see,

Tinker.

I

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hope you are

going to be a good, kind kitten now! Yes,

I

am, Floppy.

I'm sorry

I

was naughty.

Please be friends with me.

"

'

Yes, we'll be friends.

and cuddle up I

to

Come

along

me, Tinker.

missed you dreadfully.

But now everything

is

THE END

happy again

!

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THE

lAUGHING

KITTEN

by

Enid Blyton and Paul Kaye the

Tinker, little

mischievous,

laughing

romps through the pages

kitten,

with his friends the puppies

most

the

natural,

lively,

camera and

kitten that ever faced a

didn't

know

surely

lovable

it!

The superb photographs are by Paul Kaye and the story is, of course, by that best-loved of writers, Enid Blyton.

all

children's

This book will enchant not only the children, for

but also

how

all

whom

it

is

written,

animal-lovers, no matter

long ago their childhood.

a merry, amusing, real-life story, with Tinker the Kitten as the

This

gay

you

is

little

like,

hero.

you

Children of

book

it is,

Open will all

the

book where

have to smile. ages will love this

in fact, that

uncommon

phenomenon, a book with absolutely no limit in age range the combination of Enid Blyton and Paul Kaye and the Kitten

is

quite irresistible.

ROY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

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HOTOGRAPHS BY STORY BY

PAU L KAYE