16 Five Go to Billycock Hill by Enid Blyton

Author:Enid Blyton [Blyton, Enid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Agricola
ISBN: 9780340796306
Published: 1957-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

„You do take up a lot of room in a smal tent, Tim," said George. „Can"t you make yourself a bit smal er?"

Timmy couldn"t. He was a big dog, and rather a sprawly one. He put his wet head on George"s knee and heaved a heavy sigh. George patted him.

„Humbug!" she said. „What are you sighing about? Because you"ve finished your bone?

Because it"s raining and you can"t go and sit and bark at anything moving on the hil ?"

„What shall we do now?" said Julian, setting his torch on the radio set, so that it more or less lighted up the tent. „There"s nothing on the radio we want to hear."

„I"ve got a pack of cards in the pocket of my mac," said George, much to everybody"s joy, and she got them out. „Let"s have a game of some sort."

It was rather dificult in the smal tent, with Timmy sometimes getting up just when al the cards were neatly dealt, and upsetting the piles. The storm grew fiercer and the rain tried its best to lash its way through the canvas of the little tent.

Then Timmy began to bark again, startling everyone very much. He climbed over legs and knees and poked his head out of the tent opening, barking loudly.

„Good gracious - you almost gave me a heart attack!" said Dick, pulling him back. „You"l get soaked out there, Tim. Come back - it"s only those mad Moth-men out there picking moths off rain-soaked honey-traps. Don"t worry about them. They"re probably enjoying themselves enormously."

But Timmy simply would NOT stop barking, and even growled when Julian tried to drag him into the tent.

„Whatever"s up with him?" said Julian, bewildered. „Oh, stop it, Timmy! You"re deafening us!"

„Something"s upsetting him - something unusual," said George. „Listen - was that a yell?"

Everyone listened, but the rain was pelting down so hard that it was impossible to hear anything but the slashing rain and the wind.

„Well, we can"t do much about it, whatever it is that"s upsetting Timmy," said Dick. „We can"t possibly go wandering about in this storm - we"d get soaked through and probably lost!"

Timmy was stil barking, and George grew cross. „Timmy! Stop! Do you hear me? I won"t have it."

It was so seldom that George was angry with him that Timmy turned in surprise. George pounced at his col ar and dragged him forcibly into the tent. „Now - be QUIET!" she commanded. „Whatever it is, we can"t do anything about it!"

Just then another noise rose above the howling of the wind and the torrents of rain, and the Five pricked up their ears at once, sitting absolutely stil .

„R-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r! R-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r! R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R! R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R!"

They all looked round at one another. „Aeroplanes!" said Dick. „Aeroplanes! In this weather, too. Whatever is going on?"

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