FIVE GET EXPURGATED

Five Go to Mystery Moor
Hodder & Stoughton, 1954
Knight Books, 1978
Hodder Children’s Books, 1991

Chapter 1

We couldn’t do the things they do.” 54 78

“I can do anything that Dick and Julian do,” 54 78
‘Why not? I can do anything that Dick and Julian can do,’ 91

“I can climb, and bike for miles, can walk as far as they can, 54 78
‘I can climb, and bike for miles, I can walk as far as they can, 91

for once in a way another girl had outshone her. 54 78
for once another girl had outshone her. 91

an orange envelope 54 78
an envelope 91

telegram 54 78
letter 91

telegram. 54 78
envelope. 91

telegram 54 78
letter 91

“Yes, sir,” said Captain Johnson. “If you want to act like a boy, be one, and say ‘sir’ when you speak to me, if you can’t bother to remember I’ve got a name. It’s...” 54 78

He broke off as a small boy came running in. “Sir—there’s a gypsy kid outside 54 78
Suddenly, a small boy came running in. ‘There’s a traveller kid outside 91

gypsy/gypsies 54 78 = traveller/travellers 91 (throughout)

a small dirty gypsy boy 54 78
a traveller boy 91

“Can’t do that, sir,” 54 78
‘I can’t do that,’ 91

we’ve got to go on tomorrow.” 54 78
we’ve got to go tomorrow.’ 91

not even a farm or a cottage for miles!” 54 78
not even a farm or cottage for miles!’ 91

“What a queer name! 54 78
‘What an odd name! 91

telegram 54 78
letter 91

telegram 54 78
letter 91

Chapter 2

the telephone-bell rang. 54
the telephone rang. 78 91

“Rather!” 54 78
‘You bet!’ 91

with the four ponies. 54 78
with four ponies. 91

Henry saluted them smartly. 54
Henry saluted them. 78 91

“Are you Anne’s brothers?” 54 91
‘Are you Anne’s brother?’ 78

Chapter 3

a fathead, 54 78
an idiot, 91

frightfully polite 54 78
especially polite 91

frightfully clean and tidy, 54 78
especially clean and tidy, 91

“Oh—there you are, George, old thing,” 54 78
‘Oh, there you are, George,’ 91

There were pale streaks down his dirty little face, made by tears that had run through the dirt! 54 78
There were tear streaks down his face. 91

“Whatever for?” asked Anne. 54 78
‘Whatever for?’ said Anne. 91

the small gypsy. 54 78
the small boy. 91

he doesn’t dare to come himself, 54
he doesn’t care to come himself, 78 91

his dirty sleeve 54 78
his sleeve 91

“Get your hanky,” said Dick. “Don’t you ever wash your face?”
“No,” said the boy, looking quite surprised. “Let me have my horse. 54 78
‘Get your hanky,’ said Dick.
‘Please let me have my horse,’ said the boy. 91

“Over yonder,” 54 78
‘Over there,’ 91

the silent gypsy fellow. 54 78
the silent traveller. 91

some gypsy talk that they could not follow. 54 78
a language that they could not follow. 91

Captain Johnson, he doesn’t like that.” 54 78
Captain Johnson doesn’t like that.’ 91

But my father, he’s fierce, he is.” 54 78
But my father’s very fierce.’ 91

the messages—that you gypsies use. 54 78
the messages, that you use. 91

Chapter 4

that gypsy’s horse 54 78
the horse 91

fathead 54 78
idiot 91

rrrrumph—rrrrumph! rrrrumph—RRRRUMPH! 54
rrrumph – rrrumph! rrrumph – rrrrumph! 78 91

running tirelessly over the hills 54
running over the hills 78 91

the little gypsy boy 54 78
the little boy, 91

his keen gypsy’s eyes 54 78
his keen eyes 91

He awoke Dick. 54
He woke Dick. 78 91

the gypsy 54 78
the man 91

Chapter 5

“There ain’t no mystery,” 54 78
‘There isn’t any mystery,’ 91

“Don’t go waking anybody. 54 78
‘Don’t wake anybody. 91

But just you see that Clip is given to Sniffer 54 78
But just see that Clip is given to Sniffer 91

a heavy cart 54 78
a heavy caravan 91

then Sniffer—what a name! 54

They really do get across one another. 54 78
They really do get on each other’s nerves. 91

Rather,” 54 78
You bet!’ 91

“Now you listen to me, Julian,” 54 78
‘Now listen to me, Julian,’ 91

“just you leave her 54 78
‘just leave her 91

frowning. 54 78
frowing. 91

“I say, George! Sorry about your head-ache, old thing! 54 78
‘George! Sorry about your headache! 91

“Righto! 54 78
‘OK! 91

That’s an order—see?” 54 78
That’s an order – OK?’ 91

clippitty-clop-clippitty-clop 54
clippity-clop-clippity-clop 78 91

fathead! 54 78
idiot! 91

“That’s the best of a dog! 54 78
‘That’s the best thing about a dog! 91

horrid 54 78
horried 91

Chapter 6

it’s got a jolly good name 54 78
it’s a jolly good name, 91

some queer happenings or other, 54 78
some strange happening or other, 91

“Why—it’s caravans!” 54 78
‘It’s caravans!’ 91

“It’s naught to do with you,” said one of the gypsies, 54 78
‘It’s nothing to do with you,’ said one of the travellers, 91

“We got food there,” 54 78
‘We’ve got food there,’ 91

naught 54 78
nothing 91

“You clear off and let us alone!” 54 78
‘Clear off and leave us alone!’ 91

a duck or so from some pond. 54 78
a duck or so from the pond. 91

Some dark-eyed children 54 78
Some bright-eyed children 91

on a horse’s back, 54 78
on the horse’s back, 91

magnificent 54 78
magnificient 91

a round-shaped pool, 54
a round pool, 78 91

“One of the springs that the gypsies use, when they travel this deserted moor, 54 78
‘One of the springs that the travellers use, when they come to this deserted moor, 91

civilisation 54
civilization 78 91

Chapter 7

paws in air, 54 78
paws in the air, 91

Master George! 54 78
George! 91

Master George, 54 78
George, 91

pleased that Sniffer called her Master George not Miss. 54 78

I never on my life 54 78
I never in my life 91

“I never had no hanky,” he said. “But I’ve got my sleeve, see?” 54 78
‘I’ve never had a hanky,’ he said. ‘But I’ve got my sleeve!’ 91

“What’s it matter, anyway?” 54 78
‘What does it matter, anyway?’ 91

“Gone riding,” said George, shortly, remembering suddenly. 54
‘Gone riding,’ said George, shortly. 78 91

He nodded his head. “Yes, it’s empty. My father’s gone, I told you—and my aunt and my granma too.” 54
He shook his head. ‘No, it’s empty. My father’s gone, I told you, and my aunt and my grandma too.’ 78 91

a queer little arrangement of sticks 54 78
an odd little arrangement of sticks 91

See the sticks in the shape of a cross? 54
See the sticks in the shape of the cross? 78 91

high wheels. 54 78
huge wheels. 91

it don’t matter.” 54 78
it doesn’t matter.’ 91

“I’ll keep it as clean as can be, Master George!” 54 78
‘I’ll keep it as clean as can be, George!’ 91

Chapter 8

reefs of rocks 54
reefs or rocks 78 91

anywhere where there are not a few farms 54 78
anywhere there aren’t a few farms, 91

hot as June 54 78
hot as July 91

“Master George,” he called, much to Julian’s amusement. 54 78
‘George,’ he called. 91

“You can take him today. 54
‘Captain Johnson says you can take him today. 78 91

“You’re a fathead,” 54 78
‘You’re an idiot,’ 91

“Yes, Master George,” 54 78
‘Yes, George,’ 91

follow patrins properly 54
follow patrins, 78 91

travelling gypsies, 54 78
travellers 91

Chapter 9

there be plenty of mysteries 54 78
there were plenty of mysteries 91

when I were a boy, 54 78
when I was a boy, 91

and make me nearly jump out of my skin. 54
which made me nearly jump out of my skin. 78 91

it were called Misty Moor,” 54 78
it was called Misty Moor,’ 91

that were because 54 78
that was because 91

one of them mists, 54 78
one of those mists, 91

sudden-like 54 78
suddenly 91

knowed 54 78
known 91

stealthy-like 54 78
stealthily, 91

if you’re lost on them moors, you’re lost proper, 54 78
if you’re lost on the moors, you’re really lost, 91

young sir—but I knows!” 54 78
young man, but I know!’ 91

went off to the moors 54 78
went off to the moor, 91

But there baint many mists nowadays, I don’t know for why. No—now I think on it, there haven’t been a mist—not a proper wicked one—for nigh on three years.” 54 78
But there aren’t many mists nowadays, though I don’t know why. No, now I think of it, there hasn’t been a mist, not a proper wicked one, for nearly three years.’ 91

when I were a bit of a boy,” 54 78
when I was a boy,’ 91

good, sharp sand it were....” 54 78
good, sharp sand it was...’ 91

a mort of money,” 54 78
a great deal of money,’ 91

injin 54 78
engine 91

that were a nine days’ wonder, 54 78
that was a nine days’ wonder, 91

the little injin, puffing along, and it were the longing of us all to drive it. 54 78
the little engine, puffing along, and we all longed to drive it. 91

Them Bartles 54 78
Those Bartles 91

overgrown with heather and grass now 54 78
overgrown with heather and grass. 91

that there Mystery 54 78
the Mystery 91

“Them Bartles fell foul of the gypsies 54 78
‘Those Bartles fell foul of the travellers 91

them gypsies quarrelled 54 78
those travellers quarrelled 91

injin 54 78
engine 91

“Now you let me go my own pace,” 54 78
‘Now let me go my own pace,’ 91

young sir, 54 78
young man, 91

all them Bartles disappeared and never came back home. 54 78
all the Bartles disappeared and never come back home. 91

“But—whatever happened?” 54 78
‘But what happened?’ 91

they Bartles 54 78
those Bartles 91

Mebbe 54 78
Maybe 91

never one of the Bartles did they find, 54 78
not one of the Bartles did they find, 91

Never a one! 54 78
Not one! 91

them gypsies 54 78
the travellers 91

“Don’t worrit yourself!” 54 78
‘Don’t worry yourself!’ 91

“It all happened a mort of time ago—and there wasn’t many that mourned them Bartles, 54 78
‘It all happened a long time ago, and there weren’t many that mourned those Bartles, 91

them strong fierce brothers 54 78
those strong fierce brothers 91

“We was all scared, 54 78
‘We were all scared, 91

injin 54 78
engine 91

them gypsies 54 78
those travellers 91

They’ve got long memories, 54 78
They’ve got good memories, 91

queer ways. 54 78
funny ways. 91

them folk. 54 78
those folk. 91

them old Bartles, 54 78
those old Bartles, 91

You stop jabbering away 54 78
Stop jabbering away 91

“You go along,” 54 78
‘Go along,’ 91

“I know you like to be in there 54 78
‘I know you’d like to be in there 91

You go along 54 78
Go along 91

“We liked listening,” said Julian, and put a two-shilling piece into the old man’s hand. “Get yourself some more tobacco.”
“Thank you kindly,” said the old man, pleased. 54

And just you remember 54 78
And just remember 91

Chapter 10

“You been hearing Grandad’s old stories?” 54 78
‘Have you been hearing Grandad’s old stories?’ 91

a queer tale 54 78
a strange tale 91

dinner-time!” 54 78
lunch-time!’ 91

lighted. 54 78
lit. 91

hypnotises 54 91
hypnotizes 78

before our dogs get at you,” 54 78
before our dogs get you,’ 91

Chapter 11

telegram 54 78
letter 91

telegram, 54 78
letter, 91

Simply super. 54

dry as bone, 54
dry as a bone, 78 91

a smart little coat and skirt with a little navy-blue and white hat. 54
a smart little coat and dress. 78 91

completely 54 78
competely 91

“What part of the moor are you going?” 54
‘What part of the moor are you going to?’ 78 91

Chapter 12

He didn’t want to have to walk right into Milling Green 54
He didn’t want to walk right into Milling Green 78 91

Some were flung into nearby heather, 54 78
Some were flung into the nearby heather, 91

‘injin’ 54 78
engine 91

It can’t have have had much power 54
It can’t have had much power, 78
It can’t have had much more power, 91

“Far away from everybody!” 54 78
‘Far away from anybody!’ 91

Chapter 13

Didn’t she look odd in proper clothes—hat and all!” 54
Didn’t she look odd in proper clothes, gloves and all!’ 78
Didn’t she look odd in proper clothes!’ 91

“Rather! 54 78
‘You bet! 91

his ears were both listening hard! 54
his ears were both listening very hard! 78 91

The quarry struck quite warm to them 54 78
The quarry felt quite warm to them 91

Timmy’s bark might have carried right over to the gypsy camp and warned it 54 78
Timmy’s bark might have carried right over to the travellers’ camp and warned them 91

“How queer!” 54 78
‘How strange!’ 91

Chapter 14

the gypsies are not pleased 54 78
The travellers are not pleased 91

his right fore-paw. 54
his left fore-paw. 78 91

jerseys 54
pullovers 78 91

that light or fire, 54 78
the light or fire, 91

“Mebbe we did and mebbe we didn’t,” said the nearest gypsy, 54 78
‘Maybe we did and maybe we didn’t,’ said the nearest traveller, 91

“Here, I say!” 54 78
‘Hey!’ 91

Nobody but a gypsy could have lighted it last night. 54 78
Nobody but a traveller could have lit it last night. 91

something queer 54 78
something funny 91

queer old funnel,” 54 78
strange old funnel,’ 91

his right fore-paw 54 78
his left fore-paw 91

Chapter 15

when that plane comes 54 78
when the plane comes, 91

lighted 54 78
lit 91

“Yes! It’s glowing again! 54
Yes! he thought. It’s glowing again! 78 91

so jolly powerful 54 78
so powerful 91

lighted.” 54 78
lit. 91

Hark 54
Listen, 78 91

Something fell down not far from Julian 54
Something fell not far from Julian, 78 91

thirty-five pounds 54
forty pounds 78
fifty pounds 91

I don’t very well see how we can carry them.” 54
I don’t very well see how we can carry them like this.’ 78 91

Chapter 16

the railway lines, 54 78
the railways lines, 91

something queer is happening!” 54 78
Something strange is happening!’ 91

How queer! 54 78
How strange! 91

It’s cold now, in this mist!” 54
It’s cold now!’ 78 91

on hands and knees, 54 78
on hands aand knees, 91

“Now we’re done! 54 78
‘Now we’re done for! 91

Chapter 17

Brrrr! 54 78
Brrr! 91

Timmy might have heard a rabbit or hedgehog, and growled at them 54
Timmy might have heard a rabbit or hedgehog, and growled at it 78 91

They thought their plans had gone wrong, 54 78
They thought their plans and gone wrong, 91

Anne jumped. 54 91
Anne humped. 78

queer parcels. 54 78
strange parcels. 91

the queer hill. 54 78
the strange hill. 91

a cave that must surely have been right in the heart of the hill 54
a cave that must have been right in the heart of the hill, 78 91

Chapter 18

waked 54 78
woken 91

“I’m real scared.” 54 78
‘I’m really scared.’ 91

“So’s I can ride my bike to school?” 54 78
‘So that I can ride my bike to school?’ 91

The light of a lantern shone into George’s cave and Sniffer’s father stood there, sour-looking and dark. 54
The lantern shone into George’s cave and Sniffer’s father stood there. 78 91

“Write that note,” 54
‘Write the note,’ 91

as soon as they come with the dog,” said the man, turned on his heel, and went out. 54
as soon as they come with the dog,’ said the man, and he turned on his heel, and went out. 78 91

wakened 54 78
woken 91

and not have to sit up 54
and not to have to sit up 78 91

Chapter 19

I’m not as brave as you are. 54 78
I’not as brave as you are. 91

and he’s a boy. He’ll know what to do. I only pretend to be a boy.” 54 78

went steadily on through the swirling mist. 54
went on through the swirling mist. 78 91

Timmy led the way steadily. 54
Timmy led the way. 78 91

queer and giddy. 54 78
strange and giddy. 91

queer and shaky. 54 78
peculiar and shaky. 91

making it much worse. 54
making it worse. 78 91

inside this hill 54 78
inside the hill 91

Chapter 20

realised 54 91
realized 78

The excitement was over, they were home—and now he could put his poor aching head on his paws and sleep! 54
The excitement was over, they were home, now he could put his poor aching head on his paws and sleep! 78 91

“Really, sir? 54 78
‘Really? 91

this time it dropped packages, sir!” 54 78
this time it dropped packages!’ 91

“Yes, sir,” 54 78
‘Yes,’ 91

thirty-five pounds 54
forty pounds 78
fifty pounds 91

explains 54 78
expalins 91

Chapter 21

and had been unexpectedly modest 54
and she had been unexpectedly modest 78 91

the dirty little boy 54 78
the little boy 91

dinner-time 54 78
lunch-time 91

a very large appetite to match the very large dinner 54 78
a large appetite to match the very large lunch 91

I’ll call this adventure ‘Five Go To Mystery Moor.’” 54
I’d call this adventure “Five Go To Mystery Moor”.’ 78 91

the end 54