Five Fall Into Adventure by Enid Blyton Read Free Book Online

like a sea-dog - but he always slips away under me when I try.’
    ‘They got back about six o’clock to find that the policemen had eaten the whole of the chocolate cake that Joan had made, besides an extraordinary amount of scones and buns.

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    Also the study was now tidied up, and a man had come to mend the safe. Everything was safely back there, though the police had told Joan that if there was anything of real value it should be handed to them till George’s father came back.
    ‘But we don’t know which of all those papers are valuable!’ said Julian. ‘Well - we’ll have to wait till Uncle Quentin cables us - and that may not be for days. Anyway, I don’t expect we’ll be worried by the thief again - he’s got what he wanted.’
    The exciting happenings of the day had made them all tired except Julian. ‘I’m off to bed,’ said Dick, about nine o’clock. ‘Anne, why don’t you go? You look fagged out.’
    ‘Yes, I will,’ said Anne. ‘Coming, George?’
    ‘I’m going to take Timmy out for his last walk,’ said George. ‘I shall never let him go out alone at night again. Come on, Timmy. If you want to go to bed I’ll lock up the front door, Ju.’
    ‘Right,’ said Julian. ‘I’ll go up in a minute. I don’t fancy staying down here by myself tonight. I’ll fasten everything and lock up, except the front door. Don’t forget to put up the chain, too, George - though I’m pretty certain we don’t need to expect any more burglaries!’
    ‘Or faces at the window,’ said Anne, at once.
    ‘No,’ said Julian. ‘There won’t be any more of those either. Good night, Anne - sleep well!’
    Anne and Dick went upstairs. Julian finished the paper be was reading, and then got up to go round the house and lock up. Joan was already upstairs, dreaming of policemen eating her chocolate cakes.
    George went out with Timmy. He ran eagerly to the gate and then set off down the lane for his usual night walk with George. At a gate in the lane he suddenly stood still and growled as if he saw something unusual.
    ‘Silly, Timmy!’ said George, coming up. ‘It’s only somebody camping in a caravan!
    Haven’t you seen a caravan before! Stop growling!’
    They went on, Timmy sniffing into every rathole and rabbit-hole, enjoying himself thoroughly. George was enjoying the walk, too. She didn’t hurry - Julian could always go up to bed if he didn’t want to wait.
    Julian did go up to bed. He left the front door ajar, and went yawning upstairs, suddenly feeling sleepy. He got into bed quietly and quickly seeing that Dick was already asleep.
    He lay awake listening for George. When he was half asleep, he heard the front door shut.
    ‘There she is,’ he thought, and turned over to go to sleep.
    But it wasn’t George. Her bed was empty all that night, and nobody knew, not even Anne. George and Timmy didn’t come back!

Chapter Eight
WHERE CAN GEORGE BE?

    Anne woke up in the night, feeling thirsty. She whispered across the room:
    ‘George! Are you awake?’

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    There was no answer, so, very cautiously and quietly Anne got herself a drink from the decanter on the washstand. George was sometimes cross if she was awakened in the middle of the night. Anne got back into bed, not guessing that George hadn’t answered because she wasn’t there!
    She fell asleep and didn’t wake till she heard Dick’s voice. ‘Hey, you two - get up; it’s a quarter to eight. We’re going for a bathe!’
    Anne sat up, yawning. Her eyes went to George’s bed. It was empty. More than that, it was all neat and tidy, as if it had just been made!
    ‘Well!’ said Anne in astonishment. ‘George is up already, and has even made her bed.
    She might have waked me, and I could have gone out with her. It’s such a lovely day. I suppose she’s taken Timmy for an early morning walk, like she sometimes