Famous Five 15 - Five on a Secret Trail by Enid Blyton

Author:Enid Blyton [Blyton, Enid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-04-01T01:24:04+00:00

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 really 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.’

‘All right,’ said Julian. ‘I don’t feel particularly thrilled about all this myself. But there is one idea I’ve got in my mind which I’d like to sort out tomorrow.’

‘What’s that?’ said Dick.

‘Well - it may quite well be that somebody very badly wants us out of here for some reason,’ said Julian. ‘And that somebody may want to come and lift other stones and have a thorough search all over the place - which he can’t do with us around. So he’s trying to frighten us out!’

‘Yes - I believe you are right, Julian,’ said Dick. ‘Those noises - and lights - they would be enough to scare anyone out of a place. Too eerie for words! Well - let’s have a good snoop round in the daylight, to see if we can find any trace of a trickster!’

‘We will - but it’s extremely odd that Timmy didn’t find him,’ said Julian. ‘Timmy can smell anyone out of any hiding-place! Yes - we’ll have a very very good hunt round tomorrow.’

‘And if you find nothing and nobody, we’ll go home?’ asked Anne.

‘Yes, we will. I promise you,’ said Julian, hugging Anne. ‘Don’t worry. You shan’t have to stay here one night longer, unless you want to! Now - let’s try and go to sleep again!’

It took the four a long time to go to sleep after all this excitement in the middle of the night. Anne kept listening for the wailing noises again, but none came. She kept her eyes shut tightly in case she should happen to see any more of the queer lights outside the window.

George and the boys lay awake too, puzzling out the problems of lights and noises which were not apparently caused by anyone! Julian especially was puzzled.

Only Timmy was unconcerned. He went to sleep before anyone else, though he kept one ear wide open - and up went the other one when George moved, or Dick whispered to Julian.

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