Mystery 06 - The Mystery of the Hidden House by Enid Blyton

Author:Enid Blyton [Blyton, Enid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Lots of Clues for Ern!

The Find-Outers looked at each other when Ern had disappeared. “What do you think, Fatty?” said Larry. “Anything in what he said?”

“I don’t know,” said Fatty, slowly. “It seems a bit queer, doesn’t it - a light in the middle of the night - a car suddenly appearing without lights - and then voices. What did he say the one man said to the other?”

“‘Good night, Holland. See you later,’” said Larry.

“Yes, that’s it. Wonder how Ern managed to remember the name Holland, and if he heard it right,” said Fatty.

“Any good having a snoop along the stream to see if we can spy anything?” asked Larry.

“Not allowed to,” said Pip at once.

“Well - it’s not a mystery yet, and may never be,” said Larry. “So I don’t see why we shouldn’t at least go for a walk along the stream.”

“With Ern?” asked Bets.

“I don’t know,” said Fatty. “He’ll probably go and tell everything to Goon. Still, Goon has got plenty to think of at the moment. He’s seen masses of lights on Christmas Hill, heard a cow, a hen, a cat and a baby up there, and struggled with an unknown attacker. Quite a nice little mystery for him to be getting on with!”

The others laughed. They had roared at Fatty’s account of what had happened the night before, and his amazement at finding the person by the hedge was Goon, not Ern.

“I think one of the best things we can do is to go up to Christmas Hill before three o’clock, and drop a nice meaty lot of clues,” said Fatty. “Ern will find them and glory in them - probably write some poetry about them. And if he hands them over to Goon so much the better!”

So, in great glee, the Five Find-Outers and Buster set off up Christmas Hill, taking with them what they thought would do for Clues. It was a fine sunny day, but cold, and they got nice and warm going up the hill. Their parents were pleased to see them going out. Nobody liked all the five indoors. Some noisy game always seemed to develop sooner or later.

“Here’s where I fought Goon last night,” said Fatty, showing where he and Goon had rolled in the ditch. “I got an awful shock when I found it was Goon. He’s strong, you know. He almost caught me. What a row I’d have got in if he’d seen it was me!”

“Let’s put a clue here,” said Larry. “A torn-off button with a bit of cloth attached. Very good clue!”

“Where did you get it?” said Daisy. “You’ll get into trouble if you tore it off one of your coats.”

“Idiot! I tore it off the old coat that’s hung in the garage for ages,” said Larry, and threw the brown button down, with its bit of brown cloth attached to it. “Clue number one.”

“Here’s Clue number two,” said Pip, and put down a bit of paper, on which he had scribbled a telephone number.

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