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“I don’t know what I’m doing here “It’s a secret passage way”, said
I can’t just sit here my husband’s Dick looking down it.
been Kidnapped”, said Aunt Fanny “I’ll go get a few torches and a
having a mad breakdown. ladder from the shed”, said Julian
“We’ll find him, George. I’m sure storming into the shed and came back
we will, it’s just a matter of finding out with four torches and one ladder.
who did it.” The others went outside to “Sorry Tim, you have to wait back
find the Border collie. here I won’t be long just a few
He was there but didn’t want to minutes”, said George thoughtfully.
bark because he knew if he did, Aunt “Uh, why don’t they want me to
Fanny would hear and they did not come, do they not like me or
want that. something”, thought Timothy as he
“Wait I know we can let the dog looked into the deep dark whole as the
find it, and are we going to pretend four children carefully went down it.
that it wasn’t a good idea”, said It was wet preferably the water
George. The others did not seem from Kirrin Island. It was a bit smelly
anything was wrong but they still did to because of some seaweed left by the
not know this sort of thing did not water.
happen when they stayed at their “Where to now, look there’s a
cousin’s almost as if it was some sort secret passage way, just to think this
of adventure. might be the place where the
“Go on sniff it out”, said Anne. kidnappers took Daddy”, said George.
“Why won’t he move”, said Dick. In Toby and Alf’s laboratory sat
“Maybe he won’t move because we Uncle Quentin sitting in a chair his
haven’t gave him a name yet”, said hands tied and his mouth gagged with
Julian. a piece of tape over his mouth.
“That’s a good point”, said George. “So professor Quentin, you old
Looking at the dog wondering and High School friend, I will give you a
wondering what he could call him. chance to cooperate or you are forced
“How about Jake, Simon, Lucifer, to make me do something you will
or how about Timothy I like Timothy.” regret for the rest of your life.”
It is the name of the dog in the “Like what?” asked Uncle Quentin
book The Famous Five. in a willing voice.
“We’ll let’s give it a try”, said Anne. Alf and Toby showed a picture of
“Go on Tim, find them find them!” the country Kirrin and then suddenly
And Timothy was away going round a huge explosion set off and exploded
front garden making sure that Aunt the whole of Kirrin.
Fanny could not see him. “You can’t do this!” shouted Uncle
He led them to a sewer lid that Quentin. He pulled at the ropes
had been there for years but never hoping some way they would break
took any notice of it because they and he could stop them.
thought it would give an awful bad Toby took no notice and went over
smell if they looked underneath it. to what looked like a control panel,
“I wonder why he led us to the old and turned the control.
sewer lid it’s not important unless”, “This bomb will take an hour to
George pulled the lid off and gazed explode now I need you to cooperate
with amazement. or else your precious farm, cottage
and Island will be destroyed. The
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