Enid Blyton by Adventures of Mr Pink-Whistle

CHAPTER I

    THE LITTLE SECRET MAN

    "It isn't fair!"Shouted Mr. Pink-Whistle, "it isn't fair!"
    He stamped round the room in a rage, and his big black cat looked at him in alarm, and put her tail under her, out of his way.
    "Here I've just been reading about a poor man who saved up and bought a nice new teapot for his wife—and on his way home a boy on roller-skates banged into him and broke his precious teapot!"
    Mr. Pink-Whistle put his hands under the back of his coat, pursed up his lips, and looked at his Cat."Now is that fair, Sooty?"He shouted."Is that fair? Did anybody buy him another teapot? No! And look here—here's a picture of a little girl who ran to pick up something for a friend, and was knocked over by a motorcar! Now, I ask you, Sooty—is that fair?"
    "No-ee-oh-ee-ow," answered Sooty in surprise.
    "Well, I don't think it's fair either!" said Mr. Pink-Whistle."I do think that if people are kind, they should be rewarded not punished—and what's more, Sooty, I'm going to do something about it."
    "Oh-ee-ow!" said Sooty, waving her tail a little.
    "Sooty, you know that I'm rather a lonely little man, don't you?" said Mr. Pink-Whistle with a sigh; and he stroked his big black cat, who began to purr at once.
    "You see, Sooty, I'm not like ordinary people," went on the little man, sinking down into a chair."I haven't any real friends except you. The reason is that I'm half a brownie and half a proper person— so the brownies don't like me much, and ordinary people are afraid of me because I've got brownie ears and green eyes like you.""R-r-r-r-r-r-r-r," purred Sooty softly. She knew how kind her master was, even if he was only a half-and-half.

    " But, Sooty, I've got a secret!"whispered Mr. Pink-Whistle into his black cat's pointed car."Yes, I've got a secret that I've never used yet. I can make myself invisible whenever I like!"
    Sooty didn't know what Mr. Pink-Whistle meant. She stared at him out of eyes as green as her master's.
    "I'll show you what I mean, Sooty!" said Mr. Pink-Whistle. He shut his eyes and murmured a few strange words that made Sooty tremble and shiver.
    And then Mr. Pink-Whistle disappeared! One moment he was there—and the next he was gone. Sooty blinked her eyes and looked all round it., little warm kitchen. Her green eyes nearly fell out of her head in surprise. Where, oh, where had Mr. Pink-Whistle gone?
    Sooty heard a faint giggle—and there was Mr. Pink-Whistle back again! Sooty put her ears back and looked alarmed.
     
    “Mee-ow-ee-ow!" she said. She hoped “her master wasn't going to do this sort of thing very often.
    "Now, that's my secret," said Mr. Pink-Whistle, pleased."And what I'm going to do, Sooty-cat, is to go into the big town and look out for unlucky people. I shall go into their houses, and I shall disappear into thin air, so that they don't know I'm there. And I shall see that they get a reward for being kind! What do you think of that for a good idea, Sooty?"
    "Wow-ee-ow," answered Sooty.
    "You'll stay here and keep house for me," said Mr. Pink-Whistle, and I'll come back and see you often. Now I'll pack my bag and go. I won't let unfair things happen to people. I won't! I won't! I may be only a half-and-half, but I'll just show the world what I can do!"
    He packed his bag, rubbed his face

    against Sooty's soft head, ran out of the front door, and waved good-bye.
    Sooty watched her kind, funny little master go, and wondered what he would do.
    "He won't be happy away from his cosy little home," said Sooty."I know he won't. I wonder whose house he will go to?"
    Now, in the nearest town lived a hardworking little woman called Mrs. Spink. She had four small children, and it was very hard to feed and dress them properly. They didn't have many treats, but they were good little things and didn't grumble.
    One day they all came rushing home from school in excitement. There was Teddy, with blue eyes and golden hair; there was Eliza, with red curls; there was Harry, with