Free Five Run Away Together by Enid Blyton

biscuits.
    He crunched up the biscuits at once, and then sat down contentedly to gnaw the fine bone.
    "How nice to be Timmy—with no plate or knife or fork or cup to bother about," said Anne, lying on her back in the sun, feeling that she really couldn't eat anything more.
    "Oh, if we are always going to have mixed-up meals like this on the island, I shall never want to go back. Who would have thought that ham and jam and ginger-beer would go so well together?"
    Timmy was thirsty. He sat with his tongue hanging out wishing that George would give him a drink. He didn't like ginger-beer.
    George eyed him lazily.
    "Oh Timmy—are you thirsty?" she said. "Oh dear, J feel as if I really can't get up!
    You'll have to wait a few minutes, then I'll go to the boat and empty out some water for you."
    But Timothy couldn't wait. He went off to some nearby rocks, which were out of reach of the sea. In a hole in one of them he found some rain-water, and he lapped it up eagerly. The children heard him lapping it, and laughed.
    "Isn't Timmy clever?" murmured Anne. "I should never have thought of that."
    The children had been up half the night, and now they were full of good things, and were very sleepy. One by one they fell asleep on the warm sand. Timothy eyed them in astonishment. It wasn't night-time! Yet here were all the children sleeping tightly.
    Well, well—a dog could always go to sleep too at any time! So Timothy threw himself down beside George, put his head right on her middle, and closed his eyes.

    The sun was high when the little company "awoke. Julian awoke first, then Dick, feeling very hot indeed, for the sun was blazing down. They sat up, yawning.
    "Goodness!" said Dick, looking at his arms. "The sun has caught me properly. I shall be terribly sore by tonight. Did we bring any cream, Julian?"
    "No. We never thought of it," said Julian. "Cheer up! You'll be burnt much more by the time this day ends. The sun's going to be hot—there's not a cloud in the sky!"
    They woke up the girls. George pushed Timmy's head off her tummy. "You give me nightmares when you put your heavy head there," she complained. "Oh, I say—we're on the island, aren't we? For a moment I thought I was back in bed at Kirrin Cottage!"
    "Isn't it gorgeous—here we are for ages, all by ourselves, with tons of nice things to eat, able to do just what we like!" said Anne, contentedly.
    "I guess the old Sticks are glad we've gone," said Dick. "Spotty Face will be able to loll in the sitting-room and read all our booksI if he wants to."
    "And Stinker-dog will be able to wander all over the house and lie on anybody's bed without being afraid that Timothy will eat him whole," said George. "Well, let him. I don't care about anything now that I've escaped."
    It was fun to lie there and talk about everything. But soon Julian, who could never rest for long, once he was awake, got up and stretched himself.
    "Come on!" he said to the others. "There is work to do, Lazy-Bones! Come along!"
    "Work to do? What do you mean?" said George in astonishment.
    "Well, we've got to unload the boat and pack everything somewhere where it won't get spoilt if the rain happens to come," said Julian. "And we've got to decide exactly where we're going to sleep, and get the heather for our beds and pile the rugs on them. There's plenty to do!"
    "Oh, don't let's do it yet," said Anne, not at all wanting to get up out of the warm sand. But the others pulled her up, and together they all set to work to unload the boat.
    "Let's go and have a look at the castle," said Julian. "And find the little room where we'll sleep. It's the only one left whole, so it will have to be that one."
    They went right to the top of the inlet, climbed up on to the rocks and made their way towards the old ruined castle, whose walls rose up from the middle of the little island. They stopped to gaze at it.
    "It's a fine old ruin," said Dick. "Aren't we lucky to have an island and a castle of our own! Fancy, this is