10 Five on a Hike Together by Enid Blyton

10 Five on a Hike Together by Enid Blyton

Author:Enid Blyton [Blyton, Enid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Agricola
ISBN: 9780340796245
Published: 1974-01-02T05:00:00+00:00


„Wait til someone escapes and then give him a message," said Dick. „And that"s just what happened, isn"t it, Julian? That round-headed man I saw was the escaped prisoner, and he was sent to tell Dirty Dick and Maggie where the stolen goods were hidden - so that they could get them before anyone else did!"

„Yes. I"m sure that"s it," said Julian, „His friend, the escaped prisoner, probably wouldn"t understand the message at all - but Dirty Dick and Maggie would, because they knew al about the robbery. And now Maggie wil certainly try to find out where the stuff is."

„Well, we must find it first!" said George, her eyes gleaming with excitement. „We"re here first, anyway. And tomorrow, as early as possible we"ll begin to snoop round. What was the next clue in the message, Dick? After Two-Trees and Gloomy Water."

„Saucy Jane," said Dick.

„Sounds a sil y sort of clue," said Anne. „Do you suppose Maggie and Jane are both in the secret?"

'Saucy Jane sounds more like a boat to me," said Dick.

'Of course!" said George. „A boat! Why not? There"s a lake here, and I imagine that people don"t build a house beside a lake unless they want to go boating and bathing and fishing. I bet we shall find a boat called Saucy Jane tomorrow - and the stolen goods wil be inside it."

„Too easy!" said Dick. „And not a very clever place either. Anyone could come across goods hidden in a boat. No - Saucy Jane is a clue, but we shan"t find the stolen goods in her. And remember, there"s that bit of paper as well It must have something to do with the hiding-place too, I should think."

„Where is it?" asked Julian. „That wretched policeman! He tore it up. Have you stil got the pieces, Dick?"

„Of course," said Dick. He fished in his pocket and brought them out. „Four little pieces!

Anyone got some gummed paper?"

Nobody had - but George produced a small roll of Elastoplast. Strips were cut and stuck behind the four portions of paper, Now it was whole again. They al examined it careful y.

„Look - four lines drawn, meeting in the centre," said Julian. „At the outer end of each line there"s a word, so faintly written I can hardly read one of them. What"s this one? “Tock Hill.” And this next one is “Steeple”. Whatever are the others?"

They made them out at last. „ “Chimney,” " said Anne. „That"s the third."

„And “Tall Stone” is the fourth," said George. „Whatever do they all mean? We shall never, never find out!"

„We"ll sleep on it," said Julian, cheerfully. „It"s wonderful what good ideas come in the night. It wil be a very interesting little problem to solve tomorrow!"



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