Five Are Together Again by Enid Blyton

Kirrin Island!" said Tinker, triumphantly. „Who"d think of looking there? And as we shall all know the hiding-place, we can"t possibly forget it. The papers wil be absolutely safe.
    Dad can get on with the rest of his ideas without worrying about anything."
    „Have you told him all this?" asked Julian.
    „Well, no," said Tinker. „Jenny thought we"d better just keep it to ourselves. She"s pretty certain the thieves wil try their hand at breaking in to get the rest of the papers, though."
    „Ha! Well, I vote we scribble some papers ourselves," said Dick. „Complete with wonderful diagrams, and 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!"
    Everyone chuckled. „Ass!" said Julian. „Stil - it"s not a bad idea to leave something behind for the thieves that isn"t worth a moment"s look - and hide the genuine figures where they"d never dream of finding them - on Kirrin Island!"
    „When shall we go?" asked George. „It"s ages since I"ve visited my island - and wil you believe it, last time I rowed over, trippers had been there and left their beastly mess everywhere! Paper bags, broken glass, lettuce leaves, orange peel, ugh!"
    „Why DO people do that?" asked Anne. „They"d hate to have to sit in the midst of other people"s mess - so why in the world can"t they clear up their own?"
    „Oh, they"re probably just like that in their own homes," said Dick. „Al mess and litter - and yet it takes so little time to clear up a picnic mess, and leave the place decent for the next comers."

    „What did you do with all the mess left on Kirrin Island?" asked Julian.
    „I buried it deep in the sand at the back of one of the beaches," said George. „Where the tide can"t turn it al up again. And with every dig of my spade I said “Blow you, you awful trippers without manners, blow you - and next time you go anywhere, may you find someone else"s litter to make you feel sick. Blow you!”"
    George looked and sounded so very fierce that everyone burst out laughing. Timmy sat there with his tongue lolling out, looking as if he were laughing too, and Mischief made a funny little noise rather like a giggle.
    „Good old George. She always says straight out what she thinks!" said Julian.
    They sat and talked over their plans for some time. „Dick and Julian had better make the fake plans and figures," said George. „They"d be better at that kind of thing than anyone else. And Tinker can plant them somewhere in his father"s tower room for the thief to take if he goes there again - and I bet he wil . He found it easy enough last night!"
    „And George could take Tinker"s father"s papers with the correct figures and plans over to Kirrin Island," said Anne.
    „Not til night-time, though," said Dick. „If anyone were on the watch, and saw George rowing over there, they might guess she was taking something important to hide. They might be watching her father too. By the way - where are these papers? You did not leave them behind at home, did you, Tinker?"
    „I didn"t dare to," said Tinker. „I felt as if there might be eyes peeping at me, watching and hoping I"d go out and leave the papers behind. I"ve got them under my jersey, just here!"
    And he patted the top of his stomach.
    „Oh - so that"s why you look as if you"ve had too much breakfast!" said George. „Well -
    what shall our plans be?"
    „We"d better make out the false papers straight away, with figures and diagrams," said Julian. „Just in case the thieves come sooner than we think. Tinker, we"d better go into your house to do those. If we go to George"s, her father might spot us, and wonder what on earth we were doing. We"d probably be sent off, anyway, because of the scarlet-fever business."
    „Well, what about my father?" said Tinker. „He might spot us too. Anyway, he"s not keen on my having anyone there this week,