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Authors: Enid Blyton
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scared off it by weird warnings from Pa Andrews.'
'Then I vote we go one night and wait to see if a spook-train does come along,' said Dick.
'I shal come too,' said George.
'No, you won't,' said Julian. 'You'l stay with Anne.'
George said nothing, but everyone could feel mutiny in the air.
'Do we tell Mr Luffy, or don't we?' said Dick.
'You know we've said we wouldn't,' said Julian. He yawned. 'I'm getting sleepy. And the sun has gone, so it wil soon be dark. I wonder where old Luffy is?'
'Do you think I'd better wait up and see if he wants something to eat?' said Anne, anxiously.
'No. Not unless you want to keep awake til midnight!' said Julian. 'He'll have got some food down in his tent. He'll be al right. I'm going to turn in. Coming, Dick?'
The boys were soon in their sleeping-bags. The girls lay in the heather for a little while longer, listening to the lonely-sounding cry of the curlews going home in the dusk. Then they, too, went into their own tent.
Once safely in their sleeping-bags, the two boys felt suddenly wide awake. They began to talk in low voices.
'Shall we take Jock down to see the yard in the daytime? Or shal we go one night and watch for the Train from Nowhere?' said Julian.
'I vote we go and watch at night,' said Dick. 'We'll never see a spook-train in the daytime. Wooden-Leg Sam is an interesting old chap, especially when he chucks cinders about - but I don't know that I like him enough to go and visit him again!'
'Well - if Jock badly wants to go and have a snoop round tomorrow morning when he comes, we'd better take him,' said Julian. 'We can always go one night, too, if we want to.'
'Right. We'll wait and see what Jock says,' said Dick. They talked a little longer and then felt sleepy. Dick was just dropping off when he heard something coming wriggling through the heather. A head was stuck through the opening of the tent.
'If you dare to come in, I'll smack your sil y face,'
said Dick, thinking it was Timmy. 'I know what you want, you perfect pest - you want to flop down on my tummy. You just turn yourself round and go away! Do you hear?'
The head in the opening moved a little but didn't go away. Dick raised himself up on one elbow.
'Put one paw inside my tent and you'l be sent rolling down the hil !' he said. 'I love you very much in the daytime, but I'm not fond of you at night - not when I'm in a sleeping-bag anyway. Scoot!'
The head made a peculiar apologetic sound. Then it spoke. 'Er - you're awake, I see.
Are all of you all right - the girls too? I'm only just back.'
'Gosh! It's Mr Luffy,' said Dick, fil ed with horror. 'I say, sir - I'm most awfully sorry - I thought you were Timmy, come to flop himself down on top of me, like he often does. So sorry, sir.'
'Don't mention it!' said the shadowy head with a chuckle. 'Glad you're al right. See you tomorrow!'
9 Night visitor
Mr Luffy slept very late the next morning and nobody liked to disturb him. The girls yel ed with laughter when they heard how Dick had spoken to him the night before, thinking he was Timmy the dog.
'He was very decent about it,' said Dick. 'Seemed to think it was quite amusing. I hope he'll stil think so this morning!'
They were all sitting eating their breakfast - ham, tomatoes, and the bread Mrs Andrews had given them the day before. Timmy collected the bits as usual, and wondered if George would let him have a lick of the cream cheese she was now putting on her bread. Timmy loved cheese. He looked at the lump in the dish and sighed al over George. He could easily eat that in one mouthful! How he wished he could.
'I wonder what time Jock wil come up,' said George. 'If he came up pretty soon, we could go for a nice long walk over the moors, and picnic somewhere. Jock ought to know some fine walks.'
'Yes. We'll mess about til he comes, and then tell him he's to be our guide and take us to the nicest walk he knows,' said Anne. 'Oh Timmy, you beast -you've taken my nice lump of cream cheese right out
'Then I vote we go one night and wait to see if a spook-train does come along,' said Dick.
'I shal come too,' said George.
'No, you won't,' said Julian. 'You'l stay with Anne.'
George said nothing, but everyone could feel mutiny in the air.
'Do we tell Mr Luffy, or don't we?' said Dick.
'You know we've said we wouldn't,' said Julian. He yawned. 'I'm getting sleepy. And the sun has gone, so it wil soon be dark. I wonder where old Luffy is?'
'Do you think I'd better wait up and see if he wants something to eat?' said Anne, anxiously.
'No. Not unless you want to keep awake til midnight!' said Julian. 'He'll have got some food down in his tent. He'll be al right. I'm going to turn in. Coming, Dick?'
The boys were soon in their sleeping-bags. The girls lay in the heather for a little while longer, listening to the lonely-sounding cry of the curlews going home in the dusk. Then they, too, went into their own tent.
Once safely in their sleeping-bags, the two boys felt suddenly wide awake. They began to talk in low voices.
'Shall we take Jock down to see the yard in the daytime? Or shal we go one night and watch for the Train from Nowhere?' said Julian.
'I vote we go and watch at night,' said Dick. 'We'll never see a spook-train in the daytime. Wooden-Leg Sam is an interesting old chap, especially when he chucks cinders about - but I don't know that I like him enough to go and visit him again!'
'Well - if Jock badly wants to go and have a snoop round tomorrow morning when he comes, we'd better take him,' said Julian. 'We can always go one night, too, if we want to.'
'Right. We'll wait and see what Jock says,' said Dick. They talked a little longer and then felt sleepy. Dick was just dropping off when he heard something coming wriggling through the heather. A head was stuck through the opening of the tent.
'If you dare to come in, I'll smack your sil y face,'
said Dick, thinking it was Timmy. 'I know what you want, you perfect pest - you want to flop down on my tummy. You just turn yourself round and go away! Do you hear?'
The head in the opening moved a little but didn't go away. Dick raised himself up on one elbow.
'Put one paw inside my tent and you'l be sent rolling down the hil !' he said. 'I love you very much in the daytime, but I'm not fond of you at night - not when I'm in a sleeping-bag anyway. Scoot!'
The head made a peculiar apologetic sound. Then it spoke. 'Er - you're awake, I see.
Are all of you all right - the girls too? I'm only just back.'
'Gosh! It's Mr Luffy,' said Dick, fil ed with horror. 'I say, sir - I'm most awfully sorry - I thought you were Timmy, come to flop himself down on top of me, like he often does. So sorry, sir.'
'Don't mention it!' said the shadowy head with a chuckle. 'Glad you're al right. See you tomorrow!'
9 Night visitor
Mr Luffy slept very late the next morning and nobody liked to disturb him. The girls yel ed with laughter when they heard how Dick had spoken to him the night before, thinking he was Timmy the dog.
'He was very decent about it,' said Dick. 'Seemed to think it was quite amusing. I hope he'll stil think so this morning!'
They were all sitting eating their breakfast - ham, tomatoes, and the bread Mrs Andrews had given them the day before. Timmy collected the bits as usual, and wondered if George would let him have a lick of the cream cheese she was now putting on her bread. Timmy loved cheese. He looked at the lump in the dish and sighed al over George. He could easily eat that in one mouthful! How he wished he could.
'I wonder what time Jock wil come up,' said George. 'If he came up pretty soon, we could go for a nice long walk over the moors, and picnic somewhere. Jock ought to know some fine walks.'
'Yes. We'll mess about til he comes, and then tell him he's to be our guide and take us to the nicest walk he knows,' said Anne. 'Oh Timmy, you beast -you've taken my nice lump of cream cheese right out
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