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He sat there wondering were “Call that dog off, I mean it or
George was, she said she would only you’ll be in even more trouble than
be gone for a few minutes but Timmy you already are”, said Toby. The
was sure it had been a few hours. others tried escaping through the
He knew there was something other door, but were to slow; Toby had
wrong and being disobedient Timmy dragged them back by their shirts.
jumped into the hole and ran across Anne and Timmy got away but did
the passage. not have long because Alf stormed
“He can’t possibly blow up the after them.
whole of Kirrin, can he?” asked Julian Anne ran as fast as her legs would
to George. take her.
“NO! He can’t but we’re going to “Go on Timmy lead out of this
have to stop them anyhow if only Tim place”, said Anne looking for a light
were here he could bite through the that would perhaps be a way out of
ropes”, said George thinking of her this awful prison sort of place.
beloved Timothy. Timmy did not lead her to any sort
Timmy was still running until he of exit, but a dead end. Anne felt
came to the four lanes that the four worried, why did Timmy take her to a
children had taken, but he took no dead end?
notice of that he stood there glaring at She then noticed the top of the
a hole that he could get through. tunnel there was something like a
There was a door but smartly of trapdoor that Anne could fit in easily.
Timmy, he did not want to attract any “What luck”, thought Anne. The
attention while he was in the room. trap door brought her to hills and she
“My word look it’s Timmy, Timmy could see Kirrin Cottage and stormed
bite through these ropes, that’s a good after it.
boy”, said George. So Timmy obeyed At that moment, Alf came through
his mistress by biting through all of the trapdoor but when he ran down to
those rotten ropes which seemed to try and catch her he fell and started to
block the bloodstream in their hands. grasp his ankle.
“Oh, that’s better”, they all “Oh no my ankle I think I’ve
thought clasping their wrists with broken it”, said Alf in a shouting voice.
each hand. “Well, don’t just stand there, help
They followed Timothy out the me can’t you”, asked Alf looking at
door, but when they did, a horrible Anne.
sight met their eyes. Toby and Alf had Anne was not fooled but she
just come back from their work in the reluctantly went up to him to grab his
other lab of which they found Dick. hand.
“Right you lot, back on those “Alright”, said Anne, but when she
seats, Alf tie the rope round them put it out she pulled it back in again
again”, said Toby. Timmy was not for Alf, still with a broken ankle, had
fooled. He knew something was wrong reached out to grab her but Anne
and immediately took action. jumped at the last minute.
“And take that dog away and lock “Oh, it serves you right you
it away somewhere”, said Toby. horrible man, I knew shouldn’t of
At that moment, Timmy leaped on trusted you, you can jolly well stay
Toby and Alf and soon they were both there until I get the police.” And Anne
on the floor. headed towards Kirrin Cottage Timmy
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