Big Ears (character) father-figure. He is described as having a white beard, red cap, blue jacket, red-and-white striped jumper and yellow-and-green trousers. His catchphrase is "You funny little Noddy!" Big Ears' character is somewhat grumpy, yet kind and compassionate. He shows great benevolence to Noddy, acting as a mentor, helping him to understand the world, and on several occasions fiercely fighting for Noddy's rights when injustice is perpetrated against him by other Toyland inhabitants. Big Ears (character) Big Ears is a fictional character from Noddy series books by Enid Blyton. In "Noddy Goes to Toyland" he introduces himself as a gnome "or a
The Children of the Night of the Night, which should be eliminated. The author insist on their lowly and "abhorrent" status, although in the whole story, they don't behave differently from the other barbarian tribes and many end up being massacred by the main character. "The Black Stone" refers to a community which existed in a remote mountain region of Hungary and which practiced sinister rites involving human-sacrifice, towards which the narrator expresses a revulsion similar to that expressed to the "Children of the Night" in the present story. These are mentioned as having been totally exterminated by the Ottoman armies in 1526, an act