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''The Folk of the Faraway Tree'' is a children's novel in the Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton. It was first published in 1946. It is the third book in the series, in which Jo, Bessie and Fanny introduce their mother's friend's daughter, Connie, to Silky, Moonface, Saucepan Man and all the rest of their friends in the Magic Faraway Tree. At first Connie does not believe such a place exists but she ends up liking the Faraway Tree very much, and is sad to have to leave. Connie is also very snoopy leading to the nickname Curious Connie. ==Lands in the book== *The Land of Marvels It is filled with all kinds of marvels: a cat telling fortunes, a ladder with no top, even a singing tree. Connie goes here, gives the fortune-telling cat a slap, gets in trouble with an old dame, and hides up the ladder with no top where she is rescued by Moonface. *The Land of Giants This is the land Jack's beanstalk led to. The children, Saucepan, Silky and Moonface go through here to rescue Connie. *The Nursery Rhyme Land All nursery rhyme people live here. The children all go up to visit Miss Muffet. They have to rescue Saucepan from her spider. *The Land of Dame Slap (Dame Snap in modern editions) Where Dame Slap has a school for bad pixies and fairies. The friends go to visit Mrs Saucepan (Saucepan Man's mom) and get caught by Dame Slap. *The Land of Tea Parties A place for tea parties, with rabbit waiters. It is connected to Dame Slap's land. They all celebrate Mrs Saucepan's birthday here. *The Land of Secrets *The Land of Enchantments *The Land of Know-Alls In this land there is a hill with three doors in its side. People visit this land to find out anything they wish to know. The three doors have three different names on them. The names represent three different know-alls who can answer everyone's questions. *The Land of Treats 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Folk of the Faraway Tree」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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