Adventure Series - 06 - The Ship of Adventure by Enid Blyton

Author:Enid Blyton
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Children's Fiction
ISBN: 9780330448390
Publisher: Macmillan Children's
Published: 2007-09-15T09:41:05+00:00

Thanks. Not very interesting after all.

P. EPPY.

Jack laughed. “Not very interesting, says he! I bet he’s got a careful tracing of it. Much good may it do him!”

He went off to put it into its safe place - in the lining of his shorts. He was glad that Mr. Eppy hadn’t seen all the other pieces of the plan. Still, probably he didn’t need to. He might guess where the treasure was, if he knew the island. If so, it wouldn’t be there long!

The day went by rather slowly. Mrs. Eppy was rather annoying, because she took very seriously her promise to look after the children. She hunted them out at mealtimes, and even told the table steward to seat them at her table.

But Jack was not having that. “No, Mrs. Eppy,” he said firmly, but politely. “We expect our friend, Bill Cunningham, tonight - or at the latest, tomorrow morning. We will keep our own table and eat with him. Thank you all the same.”

Lucian was disappointed, and sulked. He didn’t even smile when Kiki and Micky had a fight over a banana and ended by pulling it in half.

After the evening meal the children went up on deck, hoping against hope that Bill would arrive that night. The second officer had had no message, so thought he probably would arrive.

”He would surely have radioed me if he was coming tomorrow,” he said. “He knows we’re holding the ship here for him. All the same, I’d go to bed, if I were you, kids - he may come in the middle of the night!”

They wouldn’t hear of going to bed! They sat up on deck and watched the sun go down in a blaze of gold. They saw the clouds turn rosy-pink. Then they watched night creeping over the sea from the east, and saw the water turn more and more purple, till at last they could hardly tell it from the sky. Then the stars came out brilliantly, and the water sparkled again.

Lucy-Ann was almost asleep in her deck-chair when Jack nudged her. “Wake up! There’s a plane. It may be Bill’s!” She was awake at once, and went to the deck-rail with the others.

The plane went down to the airport landing ground. It must be Bill’s! After about half an hour they heard a motor-boat starting up its engine in the port.

”It’s Bill coming out now!” cried Lucy-Ann in excitement. “Dear old Bill!”

The motor-boat came nearer and nearer. It stopped by the ship, and a ladder was thrown down. Someone began to climb up. Lucy-Ann could contain herself no longer.

”Bill!” she cried. “Is it you, Bill! BILL!”

Up came a familiar voice. “Ahoy there! Bill it is!”

And Bill it was. He came climbing on to the deck, and the four children ran to him at once. They smothered him, hugged him, and were bear-hugged back.

”Dear Bill! Good old Bill! It’s grand to see you. Now everything’s fine.”

”Yes, everything’s fine!” said Bill, swinging Lucy-Ann right off her feet. “Gosh,

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