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Splinter’s Corner

Splinter’s Corner

Splinters Lost Property  Store

Hello I am Splinter and I am Junior Mischief Editor at High Dene Publishing. I insisted I had my own page and its from here I roam over the rest of the site correcting, helping and borrowing.

More importantly you will find me in the Little Compton books and I am auditioning for a part in the Sir Hugo books. (don’t tell him!)

This is where you will find my treasures and things I have found and I am looking after until somebody needs them. From time to time there will be my observations on things and puzzles when I make them. There will also be colouring pages after I help the team to draw them. I sometimes lose things on other pages you can help me find them… it would make you very clever!

Splinter’s latest sayings

Splinter — Frequently Asked Questions(Answered by Splinter himself, mostly.)

  1. Who is Splinter?
    Splinter is a Scallywag of Scallywags Wood — curious, clever, cosy, and terribly good at disappearing.He insists he is not a troublemaker. He is a Junior Mischief Editor title he gave himself.
  2. Does Splinter really steal things?
    “No. Absolutely not. Never.I just look after things until someone needs them.” — Splinter
    He borrows important items such as buttons, feathers, keys, biscuits, and socks. For safekeeping. Obviously.
  3. Why does Splinter hide so much?
    Because hiding is his favourite hobby. Also because he is small, fast, and made of twigs. And because he enjoys watching people say, “Where’s Splinter gone now?”
  4. What does Splinter actually do at High Dene Publishing? Splinter inspects margins, rearranges things that were already fine, adds props to scenes, and releases tiny blue sparks at moments he finds “dramatically appropriate.”
  5. Why does Splinter collect socks?
    He says socks are “cosy, important, and full of potential.”Sir Hugo disagrees.The matter remains unresolved.
  6. What are Splinter’s favourite things?
    Buttons
    Feathers
    Keys
    Acorns
    Biscuits
    Socks
    Surprises
    Teddy (very important)
    Helping
  7. Why does Splinter appear in the High Dene Publishing site logo?
    He climbed in one day and refused to leave.He says the quill “needed supervising.”
  8. Can children find Splinter on the website?
    Yes. He hides tiny sparks, socks, and secret messages.If you find one, he says you’re “officially clever.”
  9. Does Splinter know everything?
    He says he does.He probably doesn’t.But he certainly knows where the missing biscuit went.
  10. Is Splinter dangerous?
    Only to tidiness.
👑 Something very important is being kept safe in here…

“Oh. A crown.

Yes. That is Queen Melissa’s crown.

I found it. It was just… sitting there. Looking lonely.

I am looking after it. This is NOT stealing. I have made a label and everything.

Do NOT tell Sir Hugo. He will make a whole thing out of it and write at least four official notices and possibly a report.

If Queen Melissa asks, you never saw this.

…You’re very good at keeping secrets, aren’t you? I can tell.

😼”

I have a logo

I hope you like my new logo which can be a badge too, it shows how important I am to High Dene (Sir Hugo hasn’t got one! And he thinks he’s important!)

View Sir Hugo’s page (Bossy Bear!)

⭐ Wait. Are you the one who found ALL of them?

What. You actually did it?

You found every single one of my secret stashes. Every biscuit crumb. Every sock. Every sparkly thing I definitely did not steal.

That means you discovered:
• The emergency biscuit stash (for critical nibbling situations)
• The runaway socks stash (they said they were bored of the wash basket)
• The borrowed crown stash (Queen Melissa's, very shiny, very important, extremely borrowed)
• Sir Hugo's missing slipper stash (it squeaked when I walked in it, so obviously I had to keep it) 🥿

If you've found all of those, then I officially declare you an Official Finder of All Splinter's Secrets. That's not just a title. That's a very serious honour. I don't give it to just anyone, you know.

This makes you one of the cleverest people on the whole site. Possibly the universe. Definitely cleverer than Sir Hugo when he's looking for his glasses and they're on his head.

One very important thing though: you must not, under any circumstances, tell Sir Hugo I've been hiding things everywhere. He will use the word "unacceptable" and make a chart. Nobody wants that.

Right. That's enough being impressed for one day. Off you go, Secret Finder.

Signed,
Splinter, Junior Mischief Editor (and extremely proud of you)