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marvellous little light-house?’ asked Julian.’
‘There’s only one more - and that’s the lamp-room. I’ll show you that - it used to be the most important room in the place - but now it’s lonely - never used - quite forgotten!
Come and see!’ And up the last spiral of the stairway went Tinker. How very, very proud he was of his light-house!
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Chapter Ten
SETTLING IN
Once more they all climbed up the spiral stairway. Timmy rather slowly, for he found the winding stairs difficult. Mischief shot up in front of them, almost as if he were the owner of the light-house, and was showing off his home!
The lamp-room was a high room with big windows all round it. It was very bright, for the sun shone steadily into it. The view was magnificent!
Anne gave a shout of wonder! The light-house was so high that the children could see for miles and miles over the heaving dark blue sea. They went all round the lamp-room, looking in every direction.
‘I say! There’s a door here!’ cried Dick. ‘Does it open on to that little balcony, or gallery, or whatever it is that runs all round this room?’
‘Yes. The gallery goes completely round the lamp-room,’ said Tinker. ‘My word, you should see it sometimes when the weather’s rough, and the gulls go seeking somewhere out of the storm. They perch on that gallery by the dozen! But you can’t go out there except in calm weather - you might be blown right off! You’ve no idea what it’s like when there’s a storm. Honestly, one night when my father and I were here I thought I felt the light-house rocking!’
‘This is about the most exciting place I’ve ever stayed in,’ said Anne, her eyes shining.
‘Tinker, I think you are the luckiest boy in the world!’
‘Do you really?’ said Tinker, pleased. He gave Anne a little pat. ‘I hoped you’d like it.
Mischief loves it - don’t you, Mischief?’
Mischief was up on top of the great lamp. He chattered down to Timmy as if he were telling him all about it. Timmy listened, his ears cocked, his head on one side.
‘He looks just as if he understood that monkey-gabble!’ said George. ‘Tinker - this lamp is never lighted now, is it?’
‘No, never,’ said Tinker. ‘I told you there is a fine new light-house a bit farther down the coast. It has a terrific lamp - run by electricity. We shall see its beam sweeping the sea at night.’
‘Why don’t people build light-houses and live in them?’ wondered George, as she gazed out over the wide blue sea.
‘Anyone feeling hungry?’ asked Tinker, rubbing his tummy. ‘I feel jolly empty.’
‘Oh gosh - we haven’t taken the things out of my boat!’ said Tinker. ‘Come on - let’s carry them all indoors, and have a meal. What’s the time? Past four o’clock! No wonder I feel empty. Come on, Mischief - to work! You can carry some of the things in too.’
They ran down the spiral stairway, through room after room, and came to the great door.
‘I suppose it had to be built as thickly and strongly as possible, because of the sea dashing against it in storms,’ said Julian, pulling it open. The wind rushed in and almost knocked him over! They pushed their way out, and climbed back over the rocks to where they had left the boat. It was bobbing gently up and down in the little stretch of calm water.
‘Hallo, Bob-About!’ said Tinker. ‘Did you think we were never coming? Got all our goods safely? Good little boat!’
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‘Ass!’ said Dick, grinning. ‘Come on, Ju - I’ll take half the heavy things, you take the rest.
The girls and Tinker can manage the smaller things. Hey, Mischief, what do you think you’re doing?’
Mischief had picked up a parcel or two, and was bounding off with them. ‘It’s all right!
He’s used to helping!’ shouted Tinker. ‘He often goes shopping with me, and carries bags and things.
‘There’s only one more - and that’s the lamp-room. I’ll show you that - it used to be the most important room in the place - but now it’s lonely - never used - quite forgotten!
Come and see!’ And up the last spiral of the stairway went Tinker. How very, very proud he was of his light-house!
“Famous Five 19 - Five Go To Demon's Rock” By Enid Blyton 28
Chapter Ten
SETTLING IN
Once more they all climbed up the spiral stairway. Timmy rather slowly, for he found the winding stairs difficult. Mischief shot up in front of them, almost as if he were the owner of the light-house, and was showing off his home!
The lamp-room was a high room with big windows all round it. It was very bright, for the sun shone steadily into it. The view was magnificent!
Anne gave a shout of wonder! The light-house was so high that the children could see for miles and miles over the heaving dark blue sea. They went all round the lamp-room, looking in every direction.
‘I say! There’s a door here!’ cried Dick. ‘Does it open on to that little balcony, or gallery, or whatever it is that runs all round this room?’
‘Yes. The gallery goes completely round the lamp-room,’ said Tinker. ‘My word, you should see it sometimes when the weather’s rough, and the gulls go seeking somewhere out of the storm. They perch on that gallery by the dozen! But you can’t go out there except in calm weather - you might be blown right off! You’ve no idea what it’s like when there’s a storm. Honestly, one night when my father and I were here I thought I felt the light-house rocking!’
‘This is about the most exciting place I’ve ever stayed in,’ said Anne, her eyes shining.
‘Tinker, I think you are the luckiest boy in the world!’
‘Do you really?’ said Tinker, pleased. He gave Anne a little pat. ‘I hoped you’d like it.
Mischief loves it - don’t you, Mischief?’
Mischief was up on top of the great lamp. He chattered down to Timmy as if he were telling him all about it. Timmy listened, his ears cocked, his head on one side.
‘He looks just as if he understood that monkey-gabble!’ said George. ‘Tinker - this lamp is never lighted now, is it?’
‘No, never,’ said Tinker. ‘I told you there is a fine new light-house a bit farther down the coast. It has a terrific lamp - run by electricity. We shall see its beam sweeping the sea at night.’
‘Why don’t people build light-houses and live in them?’ wondered George, as she gazed out over the wide blue sea.
‘Anyone feeling hungry?’ asked Tinker, rubbing his tummy. ‘I feel jolly empty.’
‘Oh gosh - we haven’t taken the things out of my boat!’ said Tinker. ‘Come on - let’s carry them all indoors, and have a meal. What’s the time? Past four o’clock! No wonder I feel empty. Come on, Mischief - to work! You can carry some of the things in too.’
They ran down the spiral stairway, through room after room, and came to the great door.
‘I suppose it had to be built as thickly and strongly as possible, because of the sea dashing against it in storms,’ said Julian, pulling it open. The wind rushed in and almost knocked him over! They pushed their way out, and climbed back over the rocks to where they had left the boat. It was bobbing gently up and down in the little stretch of calm water.
‘Hallo, Bob-About!’ said Tinker. ‘Did you think we were never coming? Got all our goods safely? Good little boat!’
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‘Ass!’ said Dick, grinning. ‘Come on, Ju - I’ll take half the heavy things, you take the rest.
The girls and Tinker can manage the smaller things. Hey, Mischief, what do you think you’re doing?’
Mischief had picked up a parcel or two, and was bounding off with them. ‘It’s all right!
He’s used to helping!’ shouted Tinker. ‘He often goes shopping with me, and carries bags and things.
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