14 Five Have Plenty of Fun by Enid Blyton

Author:Enid Blyton [Blyton, Enid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Agricola
ISBN: 9780340796283
Published: 1969-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

George gave a scream. Her boat! Her precious boat! She set off at top speed with Timmy bounding in front.

„Come back, George - there may be danger!" shouted Julian, but George didn"t listen.

She ran over the rocks that led down to the little harbour-beach, and then stopped stil in surprise.

Two policemen were walking up the sandy beach! Their boat was drawn up beside George"s. They saluted her and grinned.

„Afternoon, Miss George!"

„What are you doing on my island?" demanded George, recognising them. „Why have you come here?"

„Someone reported suspicious people on the island," said the first policeman.

„Who did?" said George. „Nobody knew about it but us!"

„I bet I know who reported it," said Dick suddenly. „Joan did! She didn"t like us going off by ourselves; she said we ought to telephone the police."

„That"s right," said the policeman. „So we came to see for ourselves. Found anyone?"

Julian took command then, and related how they had first seen the cigarette ends, and then heard the motor-boat starting up, and had gone to see it roaring away from the island.

„Ah," said both policemen, profoundly. „Ah!"

„What do you mean - “AH”?" asked Dick.

„Fred here heard a motor-boat somewhere in the bay in the night," said the first man.

„What was it doing there, I"d like to know?"

„So would we," said Julian. „We saw someone on the island looking through binoculars at the beach this morning."

This brought forth two more „Ahs", and the policemen exchanged glances.

„Good thing you"ve got a couple of dogs with you," said the one called Fred. „Well - we"ll just have a bit of a look round, and then we"ll go back on our beats again. And mind you ring us up next time anything turns up, Miss George, see?"

Off they went together, looking closely at the ground. They found the cigarette ends and picked them up. Then on they went again.

„Let"s go back," said George, in a low voice. „It spoils things if other people are on the island. I don"t want to have a picnic here now. We"ll go off in the boat somewhere and have a picnic tea in a cove."

So they dragged the boat down to the water and jumped in. Sal y was very pleased to be back in the boat and ran from end to end wagging her stiff little tail in delight. Timmy followed her up and down and got in everyone"s way.

„How can I row if you keep on jumping over me, Timmy?" complained Dick. „Sal y, you"re just as bad. Berta, are you all right? You look a bit green?"

„It"s only excitement and the bumpy bit past the rocks," said Berta, anxious not to appear seasick in front of the others. „I"l be al right as soon as we get on to calm waters."

But she wasn"t, so it was regretful y decided that they must row to the shore. They had a lazy tea on the beach, and Berta recovered enough to join in heartily.

„Anyone got room for an ice-cream?" asked Anne. „Because if so I"l stroll down to the shops and get some.

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