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Before he could work it out any further, he was asleep. Timmy was asleep too, happy because al the others were under his care. He had one ear open as usual, but not very much open!
It was enough to let him hear a smal mouse of some kind run across the floor. It was even enough for him to hear a beetle scraping its way up the wall. After a while his ear dropped down and he didn"t even hear a hedgehog outside.
But something caused his ear to listen again and it pricked up. A noise crept inside the cottage - a noise that got louder and louder - a weird and puzzling noise!
Timmy woke up and listened. He pawed at George, not knowing whether to bark or not.
He knew he should not bark at owls, but this was not an owl. Perhaps George would know.
„Don"t, Timmy," said George sleepily, but Timmy went on pawing her. Then she too heard the noise and sat up in a hurry.
What a truly horrible sound! It was a whining and a wailing, rising and falling through the night. A sound of misery and woe, that went on and on.
„Julian! Dick! Wake up!" called George, her heart beating wildly. „Something"s happening."
The boys awoke at once and so did Anne. They sat and listened to the weird noise. What in the world could it be? There it went again - wailing high in the air, and then dying away with a moan, only to begin again a few seconds later.
Dick felt the roots of his hair pricking. He leapt off the heather-bed and ran to the window.
„Quick! Gome and look at this!" he cried. „What is it?"
They all crowded to the window, Timmy barking now as loudly as he could. In silence the others gazed at a very strange sight.
Blue and green lights were shining here and there, sometimes dimly, sometimes brightly. A curious round white light was travel ing slowly in the air, and Anne clutched George, breathing fast.
„It won"t come here," she said. „It won"t, wil it? I don"t like it. What is happening, Julian?"
„I wish that awful wailing, whining noise would stop," said Dick. „It gets right inside my head. Do you make anything of all this, Julian?"
„Something"s queer abroad," said Julian. „I"l go out with Timmy and see what I can find."
And before anyone could stop him, out he went, Timmy barking beside him.
„Oh Julian - come back!" called Anne, listening as his footsteps became distant. They all waited tensely at the window - and then suddenly the wailing noise stopped and the strange lights began to fade.
Then they heard Julian"s footsteps coming back firmly in the darkness.
„Ju! What was it?" called Dick, as his brother came in at the doorway."
„I don"t know Dick," said Julian, sounding very puzzled. „I simply - don"t - know! Perhaps we can find out in the morning."
Chapter Eleven
INTERESTING DISCOVERIES - AND A PLAN
The four sat in the dark and talked over the horrible noises and the weird blue and green and white lights. Anne sat close to Julian. She real y was frightened.
„I want to go back to Kirrin," she said. „Let"s go tomorrow. I don"t like this."
„I didn"t see a thing just now," said Julian, puzzled, his arm close round Anne. „I seemed to go quite close to those wailing sounds - and then they stopped as soon as I got fairly near.
But although Timmy barked and ran around, there didn"t seem to be anyone there."
„Did you get near the lights?" asked Dick.
„Yes, fairly near. But the odd thing was that they seemed high up when I got near them -
not near the ground as I expected. And again Timmy couldn"t find anyone. You would have thought if there was anyone about, playing the fool, that Timmy would have found them. But he didn"t."
„Woof," said Timmy, dolefully. He didn"t like this queer business at all!
„Well, if nobody"s making the noises and lights, it makes it even worse," said Anne. „Do let"s go home, Julian. Tomorrow."
„Al right," said Julian. „I don"t feel particularly thril ed about all this myself. But there is one idea I"ve got in my mind
Before he could work it out any further, he was asleep. Timmy was asleep too, happy because al the others were under his care. He had one ear open as usual, but not very much open!
It was enough to let him hear a smal mouse of some kind run across the floor. It was even enough for him to hear a beetle scraping its way up the wall. After a while his ear dropped down and he didn"t even hear a hedgehog outside.
But something caused his ear to listen again and it pricked up. A noise crept inside the cottage - a noise that got louder and louder - a weird and puzzling noise!
Timmy woke up and listened. He pawed at George, not knowing whether to bark or not.
He knew he should not bark at owls, but this was not an owl. Perhaps George would know.
„Don"t, Timmy," said George sleepily, but Timmy went on pawing her. Then she too heard the noise and sat up in a hurry.
What a truly horrible sound! It was a whining and a wailing, rising and falling through the night. A sound of misery and woe, that went on and on.
„Julian! Dick! Wake up!" called George, her heart beating wildly. „Something"s happening."
The boys awoke at once and so did Anne. They sat and listened to the weird noise. What in the world could it be? There it went again - wailing high in the air, and then dying away with a moan, only to begin again a few seconds later.
Dick felt the roots of his hair pricking. He leapt off the heather-bed and ran to the window.
„Quick! Gome and look at this!" he cried. „What is it?"
They all crowded to the window, Timmy barking now as loudly as he could. In silence the others gazed at a very strange sight.
Blue and green lights were shining here and there, sometimes dimly, sometimes brightly. A curious round white light was travel ing slowly in the air, and Anne clutched George, breathing fast.
„It won"t come here," she said. „It won"t, wil it? I don"t like it. What is happening, Julian?"
„I wish that awful wailing, whining noise would stop," said Dick. „It gets right inside my head. Do you make anything of all this, Julian?"
„Something"s queer abroad," said Julian. „I"l go out with Timmy and see what I can find."
And before anyone could stop him, out he went, Timmy barking beside him.
„Oh Julian - come back!" called Anne, listening as his footsteps became distant. They all waited tensely at the window - and then suddenly the wailing noise stopped and the strange lights began to fade.
Then they heard Julian"s footsteps coming back firmly in the darkness.
„Ju! What was it?" called Dick, as his brother came in at the doorway."
„I don"t know Dick," said Julian, sounding very puzzled. „I simply - don"t - know! Perhaps we can find out in the morning."
Chapter Eleven
INTERESTING DISCOVERIES - AND A PLAN
The four sat in the dark and talked over the horrible noises and the weird blue and green and white lights. Anne sat close to Julian. She real y was frightened.
„I want to go back to Kirrin," she said. „Let"s go tomorrow. I don"t like this."
„I didn"t see a thing just now," said Julian, puzzled, his arm close round Anne. „I seemed to go quite close to those wailing sounds - and then they stopped as soon as I got fairly near.
But although Timmy barked and ran around, there didn"t seem to be anyone there."
„Did you get near the lights?" asked Dick.
„Yes, fairly near. But the odd thing was that they seemed high up when I got near them -
not near the ground as I expected. And again Timmy couldn"t find anyone. You would have thought if there was anyone about, playing the fool, that Timmy would have found them. But he didn"t."
„Woof," said Timmy, dolefully. He didn"t like this queer business at all!
„Well, if nobody"s making the noises and lights, it makes it even worse," said Anne. „Do let"s go home, Julian. Tomorrow."
„Al right," said Julian. „I don"t feel particularly thril ed about all this myself. But there is one idea I"ve got in my mind
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