the sun to guide him.
He looked gloomily at Dick. ‘Bad show!’ said Dick. ‘Well - we’ll have to make up our minds which way to go! We can’t just stay here.’
‘We might go deeper and deeper and deeper,’ said Anne, with a sudden little gulp of fear. Julian put his arm round her shoulder.
‘Well, if we go deeper and deeper, we shall come out on the other side!’ he said. ‘It’s not an endless wood, you know.’
‘Well, let’s go straight on through the wood, then,’ said Anne. ‘We’ll have to come out the other side some time.’
The boys didn’t tell her that it was impossible to go straight through a wood. It was necessary to go round' clumps of bushes, to double back sometimes when they came to an impenetrable part, and to go either to the left or right when clumps of trees barred their way. It was quite impossible to go straight through.
‘For all I know we’re probably going round and round in circles, like people do when they’re lost in the desert,’ he thought. He blamed himself bitterly for having left the wheel-ruts.
They made their way on and on for about two or three hours, and then Anne stumbled and fell. ‘I can’t go on any further,’ she wept. ‘I must have a rest.’
Dick glanced at his watch and whistled. Where ever had the time gone? It was almost three o’clock. He sat down by Anne and pulled her close to him. ‘What we want is a jolly good meal,’ he said. ‘We’ve had nothing since breakfast.’
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Anne said she still wasn’t hungry, but when she smelt the meat sandwiches that Joan had made she changed her mind. She was soon eating with the others, and feeling much better.
‘There’s nothing to drink, unfortunately,’ said Dick. ‘But Joan’s packed tomatoes and plums, too - so we’ll have those instead of a drink. They’re nice and juicy.’
They ate everything, though secretly Julian wondered if it was a good thing to wolf all their food at once. There was no telling how long they might be lost in Ravens Wood!
Joan might get worried sooner or later and tell the police they had gone there, and a search would be made. But it might be ages before they were found.
Anne fell asleep after her meal. The boys talked softly over her head. ‘I don’t much like this,’ said Dick. ‘We set out to find George - and all we’ve done is to lose ourselves. We don’t seem to be managing this adventure as well as we usually do.’
‘If we don’t get out before dark we’ll have to make up some kind of bed under a bush,’
said Julian. ‘We’ll have another go when Anne wakes - and we’ll do a bit of yelling, too.
Then if we’re still lost, we’ll bed down for the night.’
But when darkness came - and it came very early in that thick wood, they were still as much lost as ever. They were all hoarse with shouting, too.
In silence they pulled bracken from an open space and piled it under a sheltering bush.
‘Thank goodness it’s warm tonight,’ said Dick, trying to sound cheerful. ‘Well - we’ll all feel much more lively in the morning. Cuddle up to me, Anne, and keep warm.That’s right. Julian’s on the other side of you! This is quite an adventure.’
‘I don’t like adventures,’ said Anne, in a small voice, and immediately fell asleep.
Chapter Sixteen
VISITOR IN THE NIGHT
It took a long time for Julian and Dick to fall asleep. They were both worried - worried about George and worried about themselves, too. They were also very hungry, and their hunger kept them awake as much as their anxiety.
Dick fell asleep at last. Julian still lay awake, hoping that Anne was nice and warm between them. He didn’t feel very warm himself.
He heard the whisper of the leaves in the trees, and then the scamper of tiny paws behind his head. He wondered what animal it was - a mouse?
Something ran lightly over his hair and he shivered. A spider, perhaps. Well he couldn’t move, or he
He looked gloomily at Dick. ‘Bad show!’ said Dick. ‘Well - we’ll have to make up our minds which way to go! We can’t just stay here.’
‘We might go deeper and deeper and deeper,’ said Anne, with a sudden little gulp of fear. Julian put his arm round her shoulder.
‘Well, if we go deeper and deeper, we shall come out on the other side!’ he said. ‘It’s not an endless wood, you know.’
‘Well, let’s go straight on through the wood, then,’ said Anne. ‘We’ll have to come out the other side some time.’
The boys didn’t tell her that it was impossible to go straight through a wood. It was necessary to go round' clumps of bushes, to double back sometimes when they came to an impenetrable part, and to go either to the left or right when clumps of trees barred their way. It was quite impossible to go straight through.
‘For all I know we’re probably going round and round in circles, like people do when they’re lost in the desert,’ he thought. He blamed himself bitterly for having left the wheel-ruts.
They made their way on and on for about two or three hours, and then Anne stumbled and fell. ‘I can’t go on any further,’ she wept. ‘I must have a rest.’
Dick glanced at his watch and whistled. Where ever had the time gone? It was almost three o’clock. He sat down by Anne and pulled her close to him. ‘What we want is a jolly good meal,’ he said. ‘We’ve had nothing since breakfast.’
“Famous Five 09 - Five Fall Into Adventure” By Enid Blyton 47
Anne said she still wasn’t hungry, but when she smelt the meat sandwiches that Joan had made she changed her mind. She was soon eating with the others, and feeling much better.
‘There’s nothing to drink, unfortunately,’ said Dick. ‘But Joan’s packed tomatoes and plums, too - so we’ll have those instead of a drink. They’re nice and juicy.’
They ate everything, though secretly Julian wondered if it was a good thing to wolf all their food at once. There was no telling how long they might be lost in Ravens Wood!
Joan might get worried sooner or later and tell the police they had gone there, and a search would be made. But it might be ages before they were found.
Anne fell asleep after her meal. The boys talked softly over her head. ‘I don’t much like this,’ said Dick. ‘We set out to find George - and all we’ve done is to lose ourselves. We don’t seem to be managing this adventure as well as we usually do.’
‘If we don’t get out before dark we’ll have to make up some kind of bed under a bush,’
said Julian. ‘We’ll have another go when Anne wakes - and we’ll do a bit of yelling, too.
Then if we’re still lost, we’ll bed down for the night.’
But when darkness came - and it came very early in that thick wood, they were still as much lost as ever. They were all hoarse with shouting, too.
In silence they pulled bracken from an open space and piled it under a sheltering bush.
‘Thank goodness it’s warm tonight,’ said Dick, trying to sound cheerful. ‘Well - we’ll all feel much more lively in the morning. Cuddle up to me, Anne, and keep warm.That’s right. Julian’s on the other side of you! This is quite an adventure.’
‘I don’t like adventures,’ said Anne, in a small voice, and immediately fell asleep.
Chapter Sixteen
VISITOR IN THE NIGHT
It took a long time for Julian and Dick to fall asleep. They were both worried - worried about George and worried about themselves, too. They were also very hungry, and their hunger kept them awake as much as their anxiety.
Dick fell asleep at last. Julian still lay awake, hoping that Anne was nice and warm between them. He didn’t feel very warm himself.
He heard the whisper of the leaves in the trees, and then the scamper of tiny paws behind his head. He wondered what animal it was - a mouse?
Something ran lightly over his hair and he shivered. A spider, perhaps. Well he couldn’t move, or he
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