title: Friends, Food, and Fun: Clever Little Tales
author: Isabel Fonte
description: Mike and Ike love to eat! Follow their adventures in two amusing tales. 
  
  Mike Takes A Bite: Mike likes to taste lots of different foods. Watch out Mike!
  
  The Wonderful Tree: Follow Ike as he discovers a magical tree and a tasty treat.
zlib_text: Enid Blyton: The Mystery of Banshee Towers (Mystery #15)
  
  
  ## 1 - OFF TO MEET OLD FATTY
  
  
  “I do wish old Fatty would buck up and come back from wherever he’s staying,”
  said Bets. “We’ve had almost a week of the holidays without him already - such
  a waste!”
  
  
  “He’s coming back today,” said Pip, passing a postcard across the breakfast-
  table to his young sister. “Here’s a card from him. Three cheers!”
  
  
  Bets read the card out loud. “Back tomorrow by bus from Warling. Meet me at
  bus stop if you can. What about a nice juicy mystery? I feel just about ready
  for one. Fatty.”
  
  
  “A nice juicy _what_?” said her mother, puzzled.
  
  
  “_Mystery_,” said Bets, her eyes shining. “You know how something always seems
  to happen when Fatty’s about, Mother - there was the mystery of the Pantomime
  Cat - and the mystery of the Vanished Prince - and…”
  
  
  Her father groaned. “Look, Bets - I’m tired of all these adventures and
  strange happenings that seem to pop up whenever your friend Frederick is
  about. Just tr