The Enid Blyton Holiday Book - complete online version

41 Illustrated Children's Stories from Enid Blyton

	THE TALE OF BUBBLE AND SQUEAK " Ss-ss-ss-ss! Cackle, cackle, cackle! " said the goose and walked out of the chalk circle. It went up to Squeak and pecked him hard on the leg. '" Oooh! Don't! " said Squeak, and rubbed his leg. " I say, Bubble, we forgot to have a loop of string ready to put round the goose's neck. Where is there a piece? " " I'll get it," said Bubble. " Ow! Get away, goose! Don't peck me in the back like that! Ow! " The goose had given Bubble a few hard pecks. " Ss-ss-ss-ss, cackle, cackle, cackle! " it said. Bubble ran to the string-tin, and got out a big piece of string. He made one end into a loop and went to the goose. But the goose wasn't going to have string round its neck! No, no— it was going to have a fine time on its own! It pecked Bubble's hand so hard that Bubble dropped the string and began to cry. The goose waddled into the larder and had a look round. There was a meat-pie there. The goose took a good peck at it, and liked the taste very much. Before the brownies knew what was hap­pening, the pie went down the goose's throat and it cackled in delight. That tasted good! It looked round for something else. "Bubble! Look! The goose is eating all our food! " shouted Squeak. " Stop it, stop it! " " Stop it yourself," wept Bubble, holding his pecked hand. " It is a perfectly horrid goose." The goose ate three apples, a jam tart, a cherry cake, and two lettuces. Then it pecked a big hole in a loaf of bread. " Come out, come out! " shouted Squeak, smacking the goose with a broom.
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