Five Go Off to Camp by Enid Blyton

Author:Enid Blyton [Blyton, Enid]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Famous Five (Fictitious Characters), Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction, General, Europe, Children's Stories, Holidays & Celebrations, Mysteries & Detective Stories, Sports & Recreation, Adventure Stories, People & Places, Nature & the Natural World, Camping & Outdoor Activities
ISBN: 9780340931653
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 1967-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

'Well, there you are! There is a spook-train!' said Julian, trying to laugh, though he felt a good deal shaken. 'It came and it went - where from or where to, nobody knows! But we've heard it and seen it, in the darkness of the night. And jolly creepy it was, too!'

11 Mostly about Jock

The three boys stood rather close together, glad to feel each other in the darkness.

They couldn't believe that they had found what they had come looking for so doubtful y!

What kind of a train was this that had come rumbling out of the tunnel so mysteriously, and then, after a pause at the yard, had gone just as mysteriously back again?

'If only I hadn't twisted my ankle, we could have fol owed the train down the lines to the yard, and have gone quite close to it there,' groaned Dick. 'What an ass I am, messing things up at the most exciting moment!'

'You couldn't help it,' said Jock. 'I say\ We've seen the spook-train! I can hardly believe it. Does it go all by itself, with nobody to drive it? Is it a real train?'

'Judging by the noise it made, it's real all right,' said Julian. 'And it shot out smoke, too.

Al the same, it's jolly strange. I can't say I like it much.'

'Let's go and see what's happened to Wooden-Leg Sam,' said Dick. 'I bet he's under his bed!'

They made their way slowly back to the yard, Dick limping a little, though his ankle was practically all right again. When they came to the yard they looked towards Sam's hut.

The light was there no longer.

'He's blown it out and got under the bed!' said Dick. 'Poor Sam! It real y must be terrifying for him. Let's go and peep into his hut.'

They went over to it and tried to see in at the window. But there was nothing to be seen.

The hut was in complete darkness. Then suddenly a little flare flashed out somewhere near the floor.

'Look - there's Sam! He's lighting a match,' said Julian. 'See - he's peeping out from under the bed. He looks scared stiff. Let's tap on the window and ask him if he's al right.'

But that was quite the wrong thing to do! As soon as Julian tapped sharply on the window, Sam gave an anguished yel and retired hurriedly under the bed again, his wavering match-light going out.

'It's come for to take me!' they heard him wailing. 'It's come for to take me! And me with my wooden leg off too.'

'We're only frightening the poor old fellow,' said Dick. 'Come on. Let's leave him. He'll have a fit or something if we cal out to him. He honestly thinks the spook-train's come to get him.'

They wandered round the dark yard for a few minutes, but there was nothing to find out in the darkness. No more rumbling came to their ears. The spook-train was evidently not going to run again that night.

'Let's go back,' said Julian. 'That real y was exciting! Honestly, my hair stood on end when that train came puffing out of the tunnel.

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