Chapter 1

A SUMMERTIME MYSTERY Guid Blyton A WISHING-CHAIR ADVENTURE

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CHAPTER ONE THE DISAPPEARING ISLAND It happened once that the children and Binky had a most unpleasant adventure, and it was all Mollie's fault. The wishing-chair grew its wings one bright sunny morning just as the three of them were planning a game of pirates. Mollie saw the red wings growing from the legs of the chair and cried out in delight. 'Look! The chair's off again! Let's get in and have an adventure!' They all crowded into it, and in a trice the chair was off through the door and into the air. It was such fun, for the day was clear and sunny, and the children could see for miles.

The chair flew on and on, and came to the towers and spires of Fairyland. They glittered in the sun and Peter wanted to go down and visit the Prince and Princess they had once rescued. But the chair still flew on. It flew over the Land of Gnomes, and over the Land of Toadstools, and at last came to a bright blue sea. 'Hallo, hallo!' said Binky, peering over the edge of the chair. 'I've never been as far as this before. I don't know if we ought to fly over the sea. The chair might get tired- and then what would happen to us if we all came down in the sea!'

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'We shan't do that!' said Mollie, pointing to a blue island far away on the horizon. 'I think the chair is making for that land over there.' The chair flew steadily towards it, and the children saw that the land they had seen in the distance was a small and beautiful island. It was packed with flowers, and the sound of bells came faintly up from the fields and hills. 'We mustn't go there,' said Binky suddenly.