Free Five Have Plenty of Fun by Enid Blyton Page A

watching us coming across in the boat would see that one of the five was missing, and would guess at once it was Berta. If we go, all of us must go."
    „Actually I think it might be a good thing to go," said Julian. „Carry the war right into the enemy"s camp, so to speak - if there are enemies! It would be a most useful thing if we could see what they are like and give a description to the police. I rather vote we go."
    „Oh yes!" said Dick. „Anyway, we"ll have Tim with us. He can deal with any bad behaviour on the part of the intruders!"
    „I don"t really think it"s anybody but trippers," said Julian. „I think we"re making too much of the whole thing just because someone gazed at the beach through glasses!"
    „Remember that I think I saw a light on the island last night," Anne reminded him.
    „Yes, I"d forgotten that," said Julian, looking at his watch. „It"s almost lunch-time. Let"s go and have something to eat, and then fetch the boat. James is working on it now. We"ll give him a shout to see if it wil be ready at two."
    James was hailed, and he shouted back. „Yes, sir! Be ready sharp at two o"clock, if you want her. I"ve done one or two little jobs on her besides the rowlock."
    „That"s good," said Dick, and they walked back to Kirrin Cottage. „Well - we"ll soon find out who"s on your island, George - and if they are obstinate about leaving, we"ll have a little fun with Timmy! He can round them up all right, can"t you, Tim!"
    „So could Sal y," said Berta. „Sal y"s teeth aren"t very big, but they"re sharp. She once went for a man who accidentally pushed into me, and you should have seen the nips she gave him, all down his leg!"
    „Yes. Sal y would come in useful," said Dick. George looked rather scornful. „That sil y little poodle!" she thought. „A fat lot of good she would be! Timmy"s worth a hundred of her!"
    Joan had a fine lunch ready for them - ham and salad and new potatoes piled high in a big dish. There were firm red tomatoes from the greenhouse, and lettuces with enormous yellow-green hearts, crisp radishes, and a whole cucumber ready for anyone to cut as they liked. Slices of hard-boiled egg were mixed in with the salad, and Joan had put in tiny boiled carrots and peas as wel .
    „What a salad!" said Dick. „Fit for a king!"
    „And big enough for several kings!" said Anne. „How many potatoes, Ju? Small or large ones?"
    Julian looked at the piled-up dish. „Ha - I can real y go for these potatoes!" he said. „I"l have three large and four smal ."
    „What"s for pudding?" asked Berta. „I like this kind of salad so much that I might not have room for a stodgy sort of pudding."

    „It"s fresh raspberries from the garden, sugar and home-made ice-cream," said Joan. „I didn"t think you"d want a hot pudding. My sister came to see me this morning, so I got her to pick the raspberries for me."
    „I can"t think of a nicer meal than this," said Berta, helping herself to the salad. „I real y can"t. I like your meals better than the ones we have at home in America."
    „We"ll turn you into a proper little English boy before you know where you are!" said Dick.
    They told Joan about what they had seen that morning on the island. She took a grave view of it at once.
    „Now you know what your aunt said, Master Julian," she said. „The police have got to have a report of anything suspicious. You"d better ring them up."
    „I wil when we"ve been over to the island and back," said Julian. „I don"t want to look an ass, Joan. If it"s only harmless trippers who don"t know any better there"s no need to bother the police. I promise to ring the police if we find anything suspicious."
    „I think you ought to ring them now," said Joan. „And what"s more I don"t think you ought to go over to the island if you"re suspicious of the people there."
    „We"ll have Timmy with us," said Dick. „Don"t worry."
    „And Sal y too," added Berta at once.
    Joan said no more, but went out to get the