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СIdiot!Т said Dick, and everyone laughed at the thought of Tinker and an elephant. What in the world would he do with it?
A voice called from the house. СTinker! The carrierТs come with all the camping things. HeТs put them in the hall, just where your father will fall over them. YouТd better come and see to them now.Т
СIn a few minutes, Jenny!Т called back Tinker. СWeТre busy.Т
СYouТre a real fibber, Tinker,Т said Dick. СWe are not busy. You could easily go to find out where the things are, and see if theyТre all there. There are quite a lot.Т
СWeТll go in twenty minutes or so,Т said Anne, yawning. СI bet TinkerТs father is asleep this hot afternoon. He wonТt stir out of his study.Т
But she was wrong. Professor Hayling was wide awake, and when he had finished his work, he wanted a drink of very cold water. He threw open his study door, strode out towards the kitchen - and fell over a pile of all kinds of camping gear, bringing them down with a tremendous noise.
Jenny rushed out of the kitchen with loud screams of fright, and the Professor bellowed in anger as he took a ground-sheet off his head, and a tent-pole off his back. СWHAT ARE THESE THINGS? I WILL NOT HAVE THEM IN THE HALL! JENNY! JENNY! Take them down to the bonfire and burn the lot!Т
СOur camping things!Т cried George, listening in horror. СQuick! We must get them! Oh, I do hope TinkerТs father hasnТt hurt himself. Blow, blow, blow!Т
While Julian and Dick deftly removed everything that had fallen on to the angry Professor and took them down the garden, Anne and George comforted him, and made such a fuss of him that he began to feel decidedly less angry. He sat down in a chair and wiped his forehead. СI hope youТve taken all those things down to the bottom of the garden?Т he asked, after a while.
СYes,Т said Tinker, truthfully. СEr - theyТre all by the bonfire, but itТs not lighted yet.Т
СIТll light it myself tomorrow,Т said his father, and Tinker heaved a sigh of relief. His father would forget, of course - and anyhow, everything was going to be taken into the camping field after tea.
СHave a cup of nice hot tea, sir,Т said Jenny, appearing with a tray of tea-things. СSit you down and drink this. ItТs newly made. Best thing to have after a fall and a shock.Т
She turned and whispered crossly to Tinker. СDidnТt I call to you and tell you the Professor would trip over those things, the poor man? Now you just get your own tea, while I take him into the dining-room and comfort him with a nice hot scone, and a cup of tea!Т
СIТll get our tea,Т said Anne. СThen weТll set up the tents down in the field, and enjoy ourselves. And Tinker, donТt you get into any more trouble with the circus folk.Т
СIТll see he doesnТt,Т said George, firmly. СCome on - letТs go down to the field while Anne gets the tea. I could do with a bun or two!Т
Between them, Dick and Julian had lugged all the things down the garden - two tents, ground-sheets, blankets, tent-pegs and all the rest. Timmy ran with them in excitement, wondering what all the fuss was about. Mischief, of course, leapt to the top of whatever was being carried, and chattered excitedly all the way down the garden.
He got into trouble when he ran off with a tentpeg, but Timmy managed to catch him and make him drop it. Then, very solemnly, Timmy carried the tent-peg to Julian.
СGood dog!Т said Julian. СJust keep an eye on that wicked little monkey, Tim, will you? There are all sorts of things he might run off with!Т
So Timmy kept an eye on Mischief, nosing him away whenever he thought the monkey was going to pick up something he shouldnТt. Finally Mischief became tired of TimmyТs nose and leapt on his back, where, clinging to the dogТs collar, he rode just as if he were on horseback. СOnly itТs dogback, not horseback,Т said Anne, with a laugh.
СThey would make quite a good pair for the circus,Т said Dick. СI bet Mischief could hold on to reins, if Timmy had any!Т
СWell, heТs not going to have any,Т said George. СThe next thing would be a whip! Whew! What a lot of things weТve got - is that the lot?Т
It was, thank goodness. A bell rang out from the house at that moment, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
СTea at last!Т said Dick. СI could drink a whole potful. Come on - weТve finished piling up all the things. WeТll get busy after tea with them, I canТt do a thing more. DonТt you agree, Timmy?Т
СWOOF!Т said Timmy, heartily, and galloped up the garden path at top speed, with Mischief scampering after him.
Chapter Seven
IN THE CIRCUS FIELD
Nobody wanted to spend a long time over tea. They all longed to go down to the field and set up their little camp.
СWe shall have a wonderful look-in at what goes on in a circus camp,Т said Dick. СWe shall be living so near the circus folk! I do hope Mischief wonТt get too friendly with the people there. They might take him away with them when they leave.Т
СIndeed they wonТt!Т said Tinker, fiercely. СWhat a thing to say! As if Mischief would go with them, anyhow! I donТt expect heТll mix with the circus crowd at all.Т
СYou wait and see!Т grinned Dick. СNow buck up with your tea - IТm longing to go and set our camp in the field, and see whatТs going on there.Т
It wasnТt long before they were ready. They were soon down by the fence, and gazed over it in amazement. Great vans were in the field, all with Mr TapperТs name on and all painted in gay colours. There were caravans too, much smaller than the great vans, and these had windows, each with neat lace curtains. The circus folk lived in the caravans, of course, and George found herself wishing that she herself could go about in one, instead of living in a house that couldnТt move anywhere!
СLook at the horses!Т cried Dick, as a bunch of them appeared with tossing heads and beautiful long thick tails. The boy who had knocked Tinker down was with them, whistling. They were all coming from a big horse-van, and were delighted to be in a field with lush green grass.
СIs that field gate properly shut?Т yelled an enormous voice, and the boy yelled back, СYes, Grandad. I shut it. ThereТs nowhere the horses can get out. My word - donТt they like this grass!Т
Then he saw Julian and the others all looking over the fence, and waved to them. СSee our horses? ArenТt they a grand lot?Т
And, just to show off a little, he leapt on to the back of the nearest one, and went all round the edge of the field with it. George watched him enviously. If only she could have a horse like that!
СWell, letТs take our camp things into the field,Т said Tinker. СThe nearer we are to the circus the better. We ought to have some fun.Т
He climbed over the fence and Dick followed. СIТll hand everything over,Т said Julian. СGeorge can help me - sheТs as good as a boy any day!Т
George grinned. She loved to hear anyone say that! It was quite a job getting some of the things over the fence. The tents, neatly wrapped though they were, were heavy, awkward things to handle, but at last everything was safely over, lying on the grass.
Then Julian, Anne and George climbed over the fence too, and stood in the field, looking round for a good corner to set up their things.
СWhat about near those bushes over there?Т said Julian. СThereТs that big tree behind as well to protect us from the wind - and we arenТt too near the circus folk - they might not like us right on top of them - and yet weТre near enough to see whatТs going on.Т
СOh, itТs going to be FUN!Т said Anne, her eyes shining.
СI think IТd better go and find the old Grandad - Mr Tapper,Т said Julian. СJust to tell him weТre here, in case he thinks weТre intruders and have no right to be here.Т
СYou havenТt got to ask his permission for us to be in MY field!Т said Tinker, at once.
СNow donТt keep flying off the handle like that, Tinker,Т said Julian. СThis is merely a question of good manners - something you donТt seem to know much about! How do we know that the circus folk wonТt resent us camping so near them? Much better to show ourselves friendly from the start.Т
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