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Well that's a phrase I've never heard before ("Google bun"). I guess I didn't read much Blyton as a kid.
Andrew
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Maybe in the Faraway Tree or sequel... checks Calibre FTS. There are more Googles than I thought. Not read some of these yet.
Google Buns: Magic Faraway Tree & The Folk of the Faraway Tree
Google (a man): Circus Days Again
Google (as nonsense) Boys’ and Girls’ Circus Book
Witch Google: The Holiday Book
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…I don’t often make them—and I tell you they’re a treat!” “Google Buns!” said Bessie in astonishment. “Whatever are they?” “You come and see,” said Moon-Face, grinning. “They’re better than Pop Biscuits—aren’t they, Silky?” “Much,” said Silky.
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He drove a van, with a caravan towed behind it. “What’s in the van, I wonder?” said Lotta. “That motor-car of his that falls to bits!” guessed Jimmy. “What fun! Do you suppose it’s Google driving the van? He’s got a dear little dog with him.” It was Google. But Google out of the circus-ring was quite a different person from Google…
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…He didn’t know that Pip could imitate any noise in the world! Both the chimpanzees stared at Pip in delight. “Orra-burra, boo! Google, oggle, yah!” they cried, dancing about round Pip, and digging him in the back with their fingers. “Oggle-yah, yah!” “They’re saying that I’m a fine fellow and they like me!” grinned Pip.
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…He was talking to himself. “I haven’t enough geese,” he was saying. “I need three more, because I sold two to Witch Google the other day, and one to Mister Yum. I must make some more.” “Did you hear that?” whispered Bubble to Squeak, in excitement. “He said ‘make some more!’ We shall see how he makes them if we keep quiet!” So they…
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So Enid Blyton fitted in so many books because she had a time machine.
Over 760 books between 1930s and her death, selling 600 million copies.
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… sometimes producing fifty books a year in addition to her prolific magazine and newspaper contributions. Her writing was unplanned and sprang largely from her unconscious mind; she typed her stories as events unfolded before her. The sheer volume of her work and the speed with which she produced it led to rumours that Blyton employed an army of ghost writers, a charge she vehemently denied.
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—Wikipedia