Five are together again

Reunited with Tinker, who featured in an earlier adventure: the Famous Five are invited to camp out in a field close to his house (in which Professor Hayling, Tinker’s father who is a scientist lives). When a Circus arrives, and sets up camp, close by – the Famous Five are contented with the mild excitement of watching the Circus folk’s antics, and getting to know them, but then – real commotion strikes, when a tower in the grounds of Professor Hayling’s house – is robbed. Can the Five track down the culprit? And what has the mystery got to do with Kirrin Island?

Enid Blyton

Five are together again

The Famous Five — 21

ePub r1.1

Titivillus 27.08.2020

Título original: Five are together again

Enid Blyton, 1963

Ilustraciones: Eileen Alice Soper

Diseño de cubierta: Eileen Alice Soper

Editor digital: Titivillus

ePub base r2.1

Chapter One

Back for the holidays

“George, can’t you sit still for even a minute!” said Julian. “It’s bad enough to have the train rocking about all over the place, without you falling over my feet all the time, going to look out of first one window and then the other.”

“Well, we’re nearly at Kirrin — almost home!” said George. “I can’t help feeling excited. I’ve missed old Timmy so much this term, and I just can’t wait to see him! I love to look out of the window and see how much nearer we are to Kirrin. Do you think Timmy will be on the station to meet us, barking madly?”

“Don’t be an ass,” said Dick. “He’s a clever dog, but not clever enough to read railway time-tables.”

“He doesn’t need to,” said George. “He always knows when I’m coming home.”

“I really believe he does,” said Anne, seriously. “Your mother always says how excited he is on the day you are arriving home from school — can’t keep still — keeps going to the front gate and looking down the road.”

“Dear, dear Timmy!” said George, falling over Julian’s feet again, as she scrambled once more to the window. “We’re nearly there. Look, there’s the signal-box, and the signal is down. HURRAH!”

Her three cousins looked at her in amusement. George was always like this on the way home from school. Her thoughts were full of very little else but her beloved Timmy all the way home. Julian thought how much she looked like a restless boy just then, with her short, curly hair, and her determined expression. George had always longed to be a boy, but as she wasn’t, she made up for it by trying to speak and act like one, and would never answer to her full name of Georgina.

“We’re coming into Kirrin station!” yelled George, almost falling out of the window. “I can see our porter. Hey, Peters — we’re back again. WE’RE BACK AGAIN!”

The train slid into Kirrin station, and Peters waved and grinned. He had known George since she was a baby. George opened the door and leapt out of the carriage.