Enid Blyton may have prophesied the advent of the late Michael Jackson by immortalizing him in THE FAMILY AT RED ROOFS whereby the Michael Jackson in this book strikes out on his own and sets up his own watch-mending business with a billboard titled, ??Michael Jackson, Mender of Watches.? Incidentally, the ??Michael Jackson? in THE FAMILY AT RED ROOFS was as old as the real Michael Jackson the musician we are currently mourning i.e. 11-12 years old. That was roughly the age that Michael Jackson the musician burst on the world music scene.
In the book, his sister, ??Sheila Jackson? could as well have been the real Janet Jackson, the other most successful member of The Jacksons in music. Maybe, if Enid Blyton had named ??Sheila,???Janet,? a complete an ideal prophecy on Enid Blyton??s part would have been complete or if the billboard sign would have read, ??Michael Jackson, Mender of Guitars;? that would have been closer to the real currently bemoaned Michael Jackson.