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Let him help, he likes it.’
The monkey certainly was very useful. He scampered to and fro with all kinds of little things, and chattered happily. Timmy stood staring at him, his tail down, wishing he could use his paws as nimbly as Mischief could. George gave him a loving pat.
‘It’s all right, Timmy, darling. Here - take this basket.’
Timmy took the basket in his mouth by the handle and leapt happily up the steps of the light-house. He might not be able to pick up the little things that Mischief so easily managed - but at least he could carry baskets!
‘We’ll leave the boat bobbing up and down,’ said Tinker. ‘It will be quite all right there, tied to the post, unless the sea gets terribly rough - then we’ll have to pull it halfway up the steps.’
‘Let’s have our meal and unpack before we arrange our things,’ said Anne. ‘I really do feel very hungry now. What sort of a meal shall we have? I feel as if I want something more than a tea-time meal!’
‘That’s the worst of living in a light-house,’ said Tinker, quite seriously. ‘You’re awfully hungry nearly all the time. I used to have five or six meals a day when I stayed here with my father.’
‘Sounds all right to me,’ said Dick, with a grin. ‘Let’s have a “tea-sup” meal, shall we? A mixture of tea and supper! Tea-sup!’
Some of the things were put into the bedroom and some into the living-room. Soon Tinker popped a saucepan of water on the stove to boil. Because of the rainy weather, the little rain-catch tank had provided plenty of water for the small inside tank set over the sink, which was most conveniently put in the living-room. When Tinker turned on the tap, out came clear rain-water!
‘Magic!’ said Anne, delighted. ‘I feel as if I’m in a dream!’
Eggs were put into the saucepan, and were soon boiled. ‘Exactly three minutes and a half,’ said Anne, ladling out each one with a spoon. ‘TWO eggs each! At this rate we shall have to go shopping every day! George, you cut some bread-and-butter. The bread’s in that bag - but goodness knows where the butter is. I know we bought some.’
‘What about having a few of Joan’s famous mince-pies too?’ said Dick, taking the lid off a bigs square tin. ‘Whew! Dozens! And cherry buns as well! And home-made macaroons - Joan’s speciality! I say - what a meal!’
‘What shall we have to drink?’ said Julian. ‘Ginger-beer? Lemonade? Or shall we make some tea?’
Everyone voted for ginger-beer. It was a very pleasant and cheery meal that the Five had in the old lighthouse, with Mischief and Tinker. The gulls called outside, the wind gave the light-house an occasional buffet, and the sound of the sea was mixed with all the other noises - lovely! Anne hugged her knees as she waited for her ginger-beer. To think they were going to stay here for days and days. All by themselves.
When the meal was over, Anne and George washed up in the little sink. ‘Oh don’t wash up - just give the things a quick wipe-over!’ said Tinker. ‘Like this!’
‘Oh no!’ said Anne. ‘That’s just like a boy! You’d better leave this side of things to me. I like doing jobs like this, see?’
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‘Just like a girl!’ said Tinker, with a grin.
‘No, it isn’t,’ said George. ‘I hate doing them, and I’m a girl - though I wish I wasn’t!’
‘Never mind - you look like a boy, and you’re often as rude as a boy, and you haven’t an awful lot of manners,’ said Tinker, quite thinking that he was comforting George.
‘I’ve more manners than you,’ said George, and stalked off in a huff to look out of the windows. But nobody could be in a huff for long, with that wonderful view - sea for miles and miles, tipped here and there with white breakers. George gave a sigh of pleasure.
She forgot that she was annoyed with Tinker, and turned to him with a smile.
‘If I could own this view, I’d feel I
The monkey certainly was very useful. He scampered to and fro with all kinds of little things, and chattered happily. Timmy stood staring at him, his tail down, wishing he could use his paws as nimbly as Mischief could. George gave him a loving pat.
‘It’s all right, Timmy, darling. Here - take this basket.’
Timmy took the basket in his mouth by the handle and leapt happily up the steps of the light-house. He might not be able to pick up the little things that Mischief so easily managed - but at least he could carry baskets!
‘We’ll leave the boat bobbing up and down,’ said Tinker. ‘It will be quite all right there, tied to the post, unless the sea gets terribly rough - then we’ll have to pull it halfway up the steps.’
‘Let’s have our meal and unpack before we arrange our things,’ said Anne. ‘I really do feel very hungry now. What sort of a meal shall we have? I feel as if I want something more than a tea-time meal!’
‘That’s the worst of living in a light-house,’ said Tinker, quite seriously. ‘You’re awfully hungry nearly all the time. I used to have five or six meals a day when I stayed here with my father.’
‘Sounds all right to me,’ said Dick, with a grin. ‘Let’s have a “tea-sup” meal, shall we? A mixture of tea and supper! Tea-sup!’
Some of the things were put into the bedroom and some into the living-room. Soon Tinker popped a saucepan of water on the stove to boil. Because of the rainy weather, the little rain-catch tank had provided plenty of water for the small inside tank set over the sink, which was most conveniently put in the living-room. When Tinker turned on the tap, out came clear rain-water!
‘Magic!’ said Anne, delighted. ‘I feel as if I’m in a dream!’
Eggs were put into the saucepan, and were soon boiled. ‘Exactly three minutes and a half,’ said Anne, ladling out each one with a spoon. ‘TWO eggs each! At this rate we shall have to go shopping every day! George, you cut some bread-and-butter. The bread’s in that bag - but goodness knows where the butter is. I know we bought some.’
‘What about having a few of Joan’s famous mince-pies too?’ said Dick, taking the lid off a bigs square tin. ‘Whew! Dozens! And cherry buns as well! And home-made macaroons - Joan’s speciality! I say - what a meal!’
‘What shall we have to drink?’ said Julian. ‘Ginger-beer? Lemonade? Or shall we make some tea?’
Everyone voted for ginger-beer. It was a very pleasant and cheery meal that the Five had in the old lighthouse, with Mischief and Tinker. The gulls called outside, the wind gave the light-house an occasional buffet, and the sound of the sea was mixed with all the other noises - lovely! Anne hugged her knees as she waited for her ginger-beer. To think they were going to stay here for days and days. All by themselves.
When the meal was over, Anne and George washed up in the little sink. ‘Oh don’t wash up - just give the things a quick wipe-over!’ said Tinker. ‘Like this!’
‘Oh no!’ said Anne. ‘That’s just like a boy! You’d better leave this side of things to me. I like doing jobs like this, see?’
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‘Just like a girl!’ said Tinker, with a grin.
‘No, it isn’t,’ said George. ‘I hate doing them, and I’m a girl - though I wish I wasn’t!’
‘Never mind - you look like a boy, and you’re often as rude as a boy, and you haven’t an awful lot of manners,’ said Tinker, quite thinking that he was comforting George.
‘I’ve more manners than you,’ said George, and stalked off in a huff to look out of the windows. But nobody could be in a huff for long, with that wonderful view - sea for miles and miles, tipped here and there with white breakers. George gave a sigh of pleasure.
She forgot that she was annoyed with Tinker, and turned to him with a smile.
‘If I could own this view, I’d feel I
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