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He was waiting impatiently for them, and barked madly when they came near. In a trice he was out of his kennel-yard and capering round them, almost tripping them up.
СGood-bye, Anne and George!Т yelled one of their friends. СHave a good time on your hike - and itТs no good coming back on Tuesday and telling us youТve had one of your usual hair-raising adventures, because we just shanТt believe it!Т
СWoof,Т said Timmy, СWoof, woof!Т Which meant that he was going to have adventures with hundreds of rabbits, anyway!


Chapter Two

SETTING OFF

Julian and Dick were also on their way, very pleased to have such an unexpectedly long week-end.
СI never liked Willis or Johnson much,Т said Dick, as they walked out of the school grounds. СAwful swotters they were - never had any time for games or fun. But I take my hat off to them today! Because of their swotting theyТve won medals and scholarships and goodness knows what - and weТve got a week-end off in celebration! Good old Willis and Johnson!Т
СHear hear,Т said Dick. СBut I bet theyТll sit in a corner with their books all the week-end - they wonТt know if itТs a brilliant day like this, or pouring with rain like yesterday! Poor mutts!Т
СTheyТd hate to go off on a hike,Т said Julian. СIt would be utter misery to them. Do you remember how awful Johnson was at rugger? He never knew which goal he was playing against - always ran the wrong way!Т
СYes. But he must have got terrific brains,Т said Dick. СWhy are we talking about Willis and Johnson? I can think of plenty of more interesting things. Anne and George, for instance - and old Tim. I hope theyТll manage to get off in time all right.Т
Julian had carefully looked up a large-scale map of the moors that lay between the two schools that he and the girls went to. They were vast stretches of lonely heathery land, dotted with farms here and there, with a few small cottages, and some inns.
СWeТll keep right off the main roads, and the second-and third-grades,Т he said. СWeТll take the little lanes and paths. I wonder what Timmy will say if we see deer. HeТll wonder what in the world they are!Т
СHeТll only be interested in rabbits,Т said Dick. СI hope heТs not as fat as he was last hols. I think we must have given him too many ice-creams and too much chocolate!Т
СWell, he wonТt get that in term-time!Т said Julian. СThe girls donТt get as much pocket money as we do. Buck up - thereТs the bus!Т
They ran for the little country bus that rumbled along the country lanes, taking people to market, or to the tiny villages that lay here and there tucked away in the moor. It stopped most obligingly for them, and they leapt in.
СHa! Running away from school?Т said the conductor. СHave to report you, you know!Т
СVery funny,Т said Julian, bored at this joke, which the conductor produced regularly every time a boy got on board with a rucksack over his shoulders.
They had to get out at the next village and cut across country to get to another bus-route, They managed to catch a bus there easily and settled down comfortably in their seats. It was half an hourТs run from there to where they had planned to meet the girls.
СHere you are, young sirs,Т called the conductor, as the bus ran into a village. It had a wide green on which geese cackled, and a small pond for ducks. СYou wanted Pippin Village, didnТt you? We donТt go any farther - we just turn round and go back.Т
СThanks,Т said the boys and got out. СNow - are the girls here or not?Т said Julian. СThey have to walk from a tiny railway station about two miles away.Т
They were not there. Julian and Dick went to have a drink of orangeade at the village store. They had hardly finished when they saw the two girls looking in at the door.
СJulian! Dick! We guessed youТd be eating or drinking!Т said Anne, and she rushed at her brothers. СWe came as quickly as we could. The engine broke down - it was such a funny little train! All the passengers got out and advised the engine-driver what to do!Т
СHallo!Т said Julian, and gave Anne a hug. He was very fond of his young sister. 'Hallo, George! My, youТve grown fat, havenТt you?Т
СI have not,Т said George, indignantly. СAnd Timmy isnТt fat either, so donТt tell him he is.Т
СJulianТs pulling your leg as usual,Т said Dick, giving George a friendly slap on the back. СAll the same, youТve grown a bit - youТll soon be as tall as I am. Hallo, Timmy! Good dog, fine dog! Tongue as wet as usual? Yes, it is! I never knew a dog with a wetter tongue than yours!Т
Timmy went nearly mad with joy at being with all four of his friends. He leapt round them, barking, wagging his long tail and sending a pile of tins crashing to the floor in his delight.
СNow, now!Т said the shop-woman, emerging from a dark little room at the back, СTake that dog out. HeТs gone mad!Т
СDonТt you girls want a drink of ginger-beer or something?Т asked Julian, getting hold of TimmyТs collar. СYouТd better, because we donТt want to have to carry heavy bottles of drinkables with us.Т
СWhere are we going to set off to?Т asked George. СYes, IТd like ginger-beer please. Get down, Timmy. Anyone would think youТd been away from Julian and Dick for at least ten years!Т
СIt probably does seem like ten years to him,Т said Anne. СI say - are those sandwiches?Т
She pointed to a ledge at the back of the counter. There was a little pile of sandwiches there, looking most appetizing.
СYes, theyТre sandwiches, Miss,Т said the shop-woman, opening two bottles of ginger-beer. СIТve made them for my son who works over at Blackbush Farm - heТll be in for them soon.Т
СI suppose you couldnТt make us some, could you?Т asked Julian, СWe wouldnТt need to bother about trying to get to some village at lunch time then. They look jolly good.Т
СYes. I can make you all you want,Т said the shop-woman, putting two glasses down in front of the girls, СWhat do you want - cheese, egg, ham or pork?Т
СWell - weТd like some of all of those,Т said Julian, СThe bread looks so nice too.Т
СI make it myself,Т said the woman, pleased, СAll right - IТll go and make you some. You tell me if anyone comes into the shop while IТm gone.Т
She disappeared. СThatТs good,Т said Julian. СIf she makes plenty of those we can avoid villages all the day and have a really good day of exploration - treading where no foot has trod before and all that!Т
СHow many can you manage each?Т asked the woman, suddenly reappearing. СMy son, he has six - thatТs twelve rounds of bread.Т
СWell - could you manage eight sandwiches for each of us?Т said Julian. The woman looked astonished. СItТs to last us all day,Т he explained, and she nodded and disappeared again.
СThatТs a nice little sum for her,Т said Anne. СEight sandwiches each, making sixteen rounds of bread - for four people!Т
СWell, letТs hope sheТs got a bread-cutting machine!Т said Dick. СOr weТll be here for keeps! Hallo - whoТs this?Т
A tall man appeared at the entrance of the shop, a bicycle in his hand. СMa!Т he called.
The children guessed who he was at once - the son who worked over at Blackbush Farm. He had come for his sandwiches!
СYour mother is hard at work cutting sixty-four rounds of bread,Т said Dick. СShall I get her for you?Т
СNo. IТm in a hurry,Т said the man and he set his bicycle by the door, came in, reached over the counter for his sandwiches and then went back to his bicycle.
СTell my mother IТve been in,Т he said, СAnd you might tell her IТll be late home today - got to take some stuff to the prison.Т