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THINGS I WON'T
FORGET by Enid Blyton
 
When I'm grown up I won't forget the things I think
today-
I won't forget the sort of things I like to do and say;
I
won't be like the folk I know, who seem so very old,
And quite forget
the things they did and when they were eight years old.
There's lots of
other things, of course, that I'll remember too;
And then when I'm
grown up I'll know what children like to do.
I'll know the things
they're frightened of, I'll know the things they hate-
And oh! I hope
they love me, though they'll know I'm long past
sight!
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Enid Mary Blyton is the famous
author of more than 700 popular children books that have been translated
into over 40 languages, and have sold over 400 million copies to date
throughout the world. Her stories aimed at young readers full of pixies,
elves, goblins became very
popular.
Enid Blyton was born at East Dulwich, South London on 11th August, 1897.
She was the eldest, followed by two brothers Hanley and Carey. She grew up
in Beckenham, Kent with her
family.
She won a children's poetry competition when she was fourteen years old
and began submitting articles, stories and poems to various magazines. Her
first published poem was 'Have you', which was published in 'Nash's
Magazine' in 1917. Inspite of being a talented pianist, she gave up her
musical studies and trained as a teacher so that she could support herself
while she continued writing in her spare time.
She taught for five
years at Bickley and Surbiton. During this time she wrote many poems and
articles for adults. It was at this time that she decided to become a
children's author as she was enjoying her work with
them.
Her first book
'Child whispers' was published in 1922 followed by 'Real fairies: poems'
published in 1923. She began editing her first magazine for children
'Sunny Stories ' in 1926 and wrote herself until 1953 when it was
withdrawn to make way for The Enid Blyton
Magazine.
In 1924 Enid Blyton married Hugh Pollock, the editor of the book
departments of George Newnes. They soon moved a new house on Shortlands
road, Buckingham which she named "Elfin Cottage'. In 1929 she along with
Hugh Pollock moved to "Old Thatch" a sixteenth-century cottage by the
river Thames.
In 1931, she gave birth to her first daughter
Gillian and in 1935, her second daughter Imogen was born. In 1937 she
wrote her first children's full length novel called 'The adventures of the
wishing chair'. She moved from 'Old Thatch' to 'Green Hedges', her new
home in
1938.
The relationship between her and Hugh Pollock began to deteriorate and
finally in 1942 they agreed to a divorce. The next year she married
a middle-aged surgeon named Dr. Kenneth Darrel Waters.
She lived
happily with Darrel Waters at Green Hedges. Her husband passed away in
1967. Enid Blyton died in her sleep on November 28, 1968 at a Hampstead
nursing home. |
