FIVE GET EXPURGATED
Five Together Again
Princess, 1963
Hodder & Stoughton, 1963 (Five Are Together Again)
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
TIMMY, the dog, was the only one in high spirits. S
Timmy was the only one in high spirits. N
Down, Timmy, down! […] will you get down, Timmy! N
Even though her beloved Timmy was well, S
Timmy might have been ill or hurt, S
Timmy might be ill or hurt, N
and her distress at Joan being carried off in an ambulance, S
and now her distress at Joan being carried off in the ambulance, N
But George went on sniffing, S
George went on sniffing, N
He’s hardly ever heard you cry before!” S
He’s hardly ever heard you crying before!” N
Mrs. Kirrin came to the window. S
Mrs. Kirrin came to the window and leaned out. N
his coat or his hanky, S
his coat or his hanky or his money, N
it’s jolly decent of him S
it’s decent of him N
even if he does dare to disapprove of Timmy!” S
even if he dares to disapprove of Timmy!” N
“If he’s not going to like Timmy,” said George mutinously, “I’ve a jolly good mind not to go.
I think I’ll live in the summer house at the bottom of Kirrin Cottage garden with Timmy.” S
“He’d better not,” said George. “In fact, I’ve a good mind not to go.
I think I’ll live in the summer-house with Timmy, at the bottom of the garden!” N
Come on, we’ll all wave, and hope the driver has a few empty seats!” N
the village,” S
the village of Big Hollow,” N
carrying three bags at once, much to Julian’s envy. N
give you a hand with your things. S
give you a hand with your things again. N
mind your p’s and q’s with him S
mind your p’s and q’s there N
a horse got in his garden S
a horse got into his garden N
when he got home, S
when he got back home, N
The horse was cute—he’d taken a short cut back. N
He might get cross S
The old man might get cross N
where the sea shone as blue as corn-flowers, N
“I agree with you,” S
“I think I agree with you,” N
and all on its own, and the view from it is amazing N
so that I could see all round it at one glance. N
giving his sister a friendly pat. […] he told George. N
“You’d better get ready to jump out,” called the conductor. S
“You’d better get ready to jump out. N
Help me with the bags, Dick!” N
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A shock for the Five! S
big hollow—and tinker and mischief again! N
the heavy gate, S
the big, heavy gate, N
“Don’t tell tales about him,” S
“Don’t tell tales of him,” N
“But it would be nice if you choose the very oldest ones!” S
“But it would be nice if you chose the very oldest ones!” N
an adder, with poison in its teeth!” S
an adder, with poison in its fangs!” N
An Angry Encounter S
Clear out this minute!” S
“You come to stay at our house, S
“You came to stay at our house, N
Don’t yell at your friends S
Don’t yell at our friends N
She’s cleared it all away.” S
She’s cleared it away.” N
“You’ll be very welcome here if you keep Tinker out of my way. S
“You’ll be very welcome if you keep Tinker out of my way. N
that shook slightly in the breeze. S
and these shook slightly in the breeze. N
fried egg and bacon. S
fried eggs and bacon. N
and potatoes. S
and plenty of potatoes. N
he didn’t like raisins, S
he didn’t very much like raisins, N
get off that water-jug, S
get off the water-jug, N
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the old document. S
the old, old document. N
Mr. Wool, S
Mr. Wooh, N
So would Tinker’s monkey!” N
I don’t feel I can do much at the moment. N
to Kirrin and back.” S
to Kirrin and back again, aren’t you?” N
You really are tired out […] I am not going to take you for a walk!” N
Music S
when we put up our tents. N
Granddad,” S
Grandad,” N
Then he sneezed once more. N
Pick-pocket S
Even a chimpanzee!” said Anne. S
Even a chimpanzee!” said Anne, in horror. N
making a soft, crooning, noise. N
the thought of Tinker and an elephant. S
the thought of Dick and an elephant. What in the world would he do with it? N
and see if they’re all there. There are quite a lot.” N
He won’t stir.” S
He won’t stir out of his study.” N
I hope S
I do hope N
he asked. S
he asked, after a while. N
with a nice hot scone, and a cup of tea!” N
I could do with a bun or two!” N
Setting-up S
two tents, ground-sheets, blankets, tent-pegs and all the rest. N
“Good dog!” […] pick up something he shouldn’t. N
Mischief leapt on Timmy’s back,
where, clinging to the dog’s collar, he rode just as if he was on horseback. S
Finally Mischief became tired of Timmy’s nose and leapt on his back,
where, clinging to the dog’s collar, he rode just as if he were on horseback.
“Only it’s dogback, not horseback,” said Anne, with a laugh. N
“Well, he’s not going to have any,” […] It was, thank goodness. N
Come on—we’re finished piling up all the things. […] Don’t you agree, Timmy?” N
Timmy barked, S
“woof!” said Timmy, heartily, N
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and some of his precious papers gone, N
It’s a wonderful thing, too marvellous for words, N
and somebody’s ears took it all in!” N
Was it because of something he had been silly enough to say. S
Was it because of something he had been silly enough to say in public? N
when they heard that someone had come in the night […] with its waving tentacles? N
“Not without us hearing some kind of noise. S
“Not without us seeing it, anyway, or hearing some kind of noise when it was dragged in. N
That would be a smallish thing, with ropes to pull out the sliding part.” N
could it have been the window-cleaner?” S
could it have been the window-cleaner, do you think?” N
But the ladder could certainly have been the sort that window-cleaners use. N
Though I didn’t hear any dragging noises. S
Though I must say I didn’t hear any dragging noises. N
but that’s all.” N
“I say—look at old Mischief,” said Tinker. S
“The slithery noise might have been made by the ladder when it was dragged along!” said Tinker.
“I say—look at old Mischief. N
You usually wake if anything unusual happens, or you hear a strange noise.” N
Timmy Investigates S
He made small comforting noises, and rubbed his monkey nose against the boy’s chin. N
scattered all over the room!” N
Oh dear—he had even boasted about it […] Tinker’s knees became shakier than ever. N
about his muddled room and missing papers N
when the boy came in, S
when the boy came into the tower room. N
The thief must have knocked a whole bunch of papers off the table, on to the floor.
Fortunately he couldn’t have noticed them.
And I doubt very much if the papers he did take will be of any use, without having the ones he left behind!” S
The thief who came last night must have knocked the whole bunch of papers off the table,
down on the floor—and fortunately he seems not to have seen some that went under the table.
So I doubt very much if the papers he did take away with him will be of any use.
He’d need to be quite a scientist to understand them, without having the ones he left behind!” N
Can you think of a good hiding-place, Tinker?” N
You might forget where you’d put this bunch of papers, and then you wouldn’t be able to go on with your invention. N
It’s a nuisance—especially as I’m working to a date. N
Tinker went down the spiral staircase […] some easy place where anyone could find them!” N
Tinker went to talk to Jenny. S
He went to talk to Jenny. N
And Dad says he thinks he’ll try to steal the rest of them.” S
And Dad says he thinks that when the thief finds this out, he’ll try to steal the rest of the papers.” N
I shan’t tell you where!” N
hide them up a chimney, S
hide them up a chimney again, N
And if Dad finds a place like that […] he’d know all the places to look in.” N
see if your father has hidden his papers there,” S
see if your father has taken his precious papers, and hidden them somewhere there,” N
“It would be just like him […] then raced down the ladder again!” N
“Come on then,” S
“Come on up to the tower, then,” N
“He’s just crossing the courtyard,” said Jenny, looking out of the window. S
“He’s just crossing the courtyard, look,” said Jenny, leaning out of the window. N
In the Tower S
it would bring hordes of people down here […] Quick!” N
Jenny stopped and stared at the ground. S
Jenny stopped and looked hard at the ground. N
“I heard a funny slithering sound, you know—but it didn’t sound like a ladder being dragged across.” N
no marks at all. S
no marks there that could possibly have been made by a ladder. N
“Funny,” said Jenny. “It worries me, that slithery sound.” N
They looked up S
She looked up N
It was made of flint-stones […] Kirrin and Big Hollow. N
It would be far too dangerous. I doubt if even a cat would get far.” N
when I looked out last night N
Still, it’s easy to be mistaken […] if there had been a ladder. Oh N
before your Dad returns.” S
before your Dad decides to go back to it again!” N
after he had read his papers. N
Now what would the thief want with a clock, I’d like to know?”
“It would be small and neat enough to pop into his pocket,” said Tinker. N
a nice little clock like that!” said Tinker. S
a nice little clock like that! He’s probably taken other things too!” N
on the table there? All covered with tiny figures?” N
I remember this diagram. N
A Good Idea S
He said he was going to hide them […] and now he’s forgotten all about hiding them, after all!” N
These thieves will have another try for them, no doubt about that. N
My, what a relief to think they’ll be well away from here. I’ll be able to sleep soundly in my bed at nights then!” N
at the very back of the coal-cellar!” S
at the back of the coal-cellar—right at the very back!” N
“And good gracious—you must have sat down in the coal yourself! N
“Don’t you think it was a good hiding-place, Jenny?” asked the Professor. “Ha—you thought I’d forget to hide them, didn’t you?” N
The Professor went off, S
He went off, N
his precious papers. S
his own precious papers. N
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and that would have spoilt things for the others. N
all kinds of peculiar figurings, and we’ll leave them up in the tower room for the thieves to take.” S
all kinds of peculiar figurings and numberings. I feel I could do that very well!
And we’d leave them up in the tower room for the thieves to take— They’d think they were the ones they’d missed!” N
and will you believe it, […] She always says straight out what she thinks!” said Julian. N
and I bet he will. He found it easy enough last night!” N
They might be watching her father too. N
A cunning scheme S
bringing Dad’s big drawing-board, S
bringing out Dad’s big drawing-board, N
and doing the diagrams and things N
He’d wonder what on earth we were doing if he found us all there! N
she and Tinker went to the house. S
she and Tinker went up Tinker’s garden to the house. N
“It’s all right. He’s asleep somewhere—can’t you hear that noise?” asked Tinker; and sure enough George could—a gentle snoring from some room not far off! N
They went back down the garden to the others. S
They went back down the garden and over the fence, handing everything to the others before they climbed over. N
and diagrams that will look perfect and not mean a thing either!” N
So they all went into the boys’ big tent and watched Julian set to work. S
So they all went into the boys’ big tent, which was the biggest one,
Timmy too, and Mischief, who was delighted to be with the big dog.
Julian soon set to work, though he found the space rather cramped. N
and all his hackles rose up on his neck. N
the chimpanzee went all round the tent, S
the chimpanzee went carefully all round the tent, N
watched Julian start work again with his pen and ink. S
watched Julian at work with his pen and ink. N
Interruptions S
the whole lot S
the whole job N
to hide those papers, you should take Timmy with you.” S
to hide those papers you’ve planned to hide, you must take Timmy with you.” N
“I’d like old Tim just for company. S
“Not that there will be a single soul on the island, but I’d like old Tim just for company. N
Everyone admired the neat figures and carefully drawn diagrams. S
Everyone looked at the neat figures and carefully drawn diagrams with admiration. N
suddenly showed his teeth at the big dog. S
showed his teeth suddenly at the big dog. N
afraid that Timmy would decidedly get the worse of it. S
afraid that Timmy would get decidedly the worst of it. N
Charlie was jumping up and down in a most alarming way. N
Julian’s decision S
putting his arms round his neck. N
my friend Charlie. S
my friend Charleee. N
I hope. Yes? No?” N
the ones Julian was doing. S
the ones Julian was now doing—they were more or less nonsense made up by Julian himself
to deceive anyone interested in the real ones! N
“Pardon me!” said Mr. Wooh.
He bowed himself politely away from the group in the tent and Charlie the chimp followed him. S
“I interrupt you? Pardon me!” said Mr. Wooh, and bowed himself politely away from the group in the tent.
Charlie the chimp followed him, hoping that Mischief would too, so that they could have a game.
But Mischief didn’t want to. He didn’t like Mr. Wooh. N
and be able to hear what we were saying inside the tent,” N
the valuable ones that the thieves didn’t see in the tower room last night? N
let her go S
let George go N
She might run into danger.” N
Timmy will be with me.” S
And Timmy will be with me.” N
I’ll take them S
I’ll get them N
I’ll cycle over to Kirrin and untie the boat you keep there, and row over to the island.” N
We’ve only to open the tins, […] that cool corner over there.” N
“Yes,” said Julian, glad that George had given way so easily. S
“Right,” said Julian, glad that George had given way to him so easily. N
find a good hiding-place. N
After all, George was only a girl! S
better than George could. After all, she was only a girl! N
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