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A bored child named Girlie is whisked from her playroom to the fanciful land of Why when her beloved doll comes to life. She encounters eccentric figures—an officious doctor-in-law, a capricious Wallypug, talking animals, and mysterious things called Goos—and drifts through episodic adventures that mix wordplay, absurd logic, and gentle satire. Each chapter presents a self-contained comic scenario—a peculiar dinner, invisible jokes, alphabet rides, riddling encounters—that foregrounds curiosity, imagination, and playful questioning rather than a conventional plot.

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Title: The Wallypug of Why

Author: G. E. Farrow

Illustrator: Dorothy Furniss

Harry Furniss

Release date: January 13, 2020 [eBook #61163]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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THE
 
WALLYPUG OF WHY

BY
G. E. FARROW
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HARRY FURNISS AND
DOROTHY FURNISS
FOURTH EDITION
LONDON
C. ARTHUR PEARSON, Ltd.
HENRIETTA STREET
1910

 

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

Each Volume fully Illustrated

Bound in green art linen. Price
2s. 6d. each.

THE MISSING PRINCE.
THE WALLYPUG IN LONDON.
ADVENTURES IN WALLYPUGLAND.
THE LITTLE PANJANDRUM’S DODO.
THE MANDARIN’S KITE.
BAKER MINOR AND THE DRAGON.
THE NEW PANJANDRUM.
IN SEARCH OF THE WALLYPUG.
PROFESSOR PHILANDERPAN.
THE WALLYPUG IN FOGLAND.
THE WALLYPUG IN THE MOON; OR, HIS BADJESTY.

The Presentation Edition of Mr. Farrow’s books,
in cloth gilt with gilt edges, price 5s. each,
is still on sale.

C. ARTHUR PEARSON, Ltd.