The Five Explorer (Chat Version)
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julian
”Mother, have you heard about our summer holidays yet?”
julian
Can we go to Polseath as usual?”
Mom
They are quite full up this year
The three children at the breakfast-table looked at one another in great
disappointment. They did so love the house at Polseath. The beach was so
lovely there, too, and the bathing was fine.
Dad
I dare say we’ll find somewhere else just as
good for you. And anyway, Mother and I won’t be able to go with you this
year. Has Mother told you?”
anne
“Oh, Mother-is it true? Can’t you really come with us
on our holidays? You always do.”
Mom
Well, this time Daddy wants me to go to Scotland with him,
Mom
All by ourselves! And as you are really getting big enough to look
after yourselves now, we thought it would be rather fun for you to have a
holiday on your own too.
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Quentin was his brother,
the children’s uncle. They had only seen him once, and had been rather
frightened of him. He was a very tall, frowning man, a clever scientist who
spent all his time studying. He lived by the sea- but that was about all that
the children knew of him!
Mom
Whatever made you think
of him? I shouldn’t think he’d want the children messing about in his little
house.”
Dad
I had to see Quentin’s wife in town the other day,
about a business matter- and I don’t think things are going too well for
them.
Dad
Fanny said that she would be quite glad if she could hear of one or
two people to live with her for a while, to bring a little money in.
Dad
Their
house is by the sea, you know. It might be just the thing for the children.
Dad
Fanny is very nice- she would look after them well.
Mom
Yes- and she has a child of her own too, hasn’t she?
Mom
Let me see- what’s her name- something funny- yes,Georgina !
How old would she be? About eleven, I should think
Dad
Well, your Aunt Fanny said that her Georgina would love a bit of
company,”
Dad
You know, I really think that would solve our
difficulty, if we telephone to Fanny and arrange for the children to go there.
Mom
It would help Fanny, I’m sure, and Georgina would love to have someone to
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The children began to feel rather excited. It would be fun to go to a place
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they had never been to before, and stay with an unknown cousin.
anne
Are there cliffs and rocks and sands there?
Dad
I don’t remember it very well
Dad
But I feel sure it’s an
exciting kind of place. Anyway, you’ll love it! It’s called Kirrin Bay.
john
Oh Daddy, do telephone to Aunt Fanny and ask her if we can go there!”
john
just feel as if it’s the right place somehow. It sounds sort of
adventurous!”
Dad
Oh, you always say that, wherever you go!
Dad
“All right- I’ll ring up now, and see if there’s any chance.”
They had all finished their breakfast, and they got up to wait for Daddy to
telephone.
julian
”I hope it’s all right for us
julian
“I wonder what Georgina’s like.
julian
she’s eleven- a year
younger than I am- same age as you
julian
John- and a year older than you, Anne.
Daddy came back in about ten minutes’ time
Dad
Your Aunt Fanny is delighted about it.
She says it will be awfully good for Georgina to have company, because she’s such a lonely little girl, always going off by herself. And she will love
Dad
Only you’ll have to be careful not to disturb your
Uncle Quentin. He is working very hard, and he isn’t very good-tempered
john
We’ll be as quiet as mice in the house!
julian
Honestly we will.
Oh, goody, goody- when are we going, Daddy?
Dad
Next week, if Mother can manage it
Mom
There’s nothing much to get ready for them- just bathing suits and jerseys and shorts. They all wear the same.”
anne
How lovely it will be to wear shorts again
anne
I’m tired of wearing school tunics. I want to wear shorts, or a bathing suit, and go bathing and climbing with the boys
Mom
Well, you’ll soon be doing it,
Mom
Remember to put ready any toys or books you want, won’t you? Not many, please,because there won’t be a great deal of room.
john
Anne wanted to take all her fifteen dolls with her last year
john
Do you remember, Anne? Weren’t you funny?”
john
No, I wasn’t,” said Anne, going red. “I love my dolls, and I just couldn’t choose which to take- so I thought I’d take them all. There’s nothing funny about that.”
john
And do you remember, the year before, Anne wanted to take the
rocking-horse?”
Mom
You know, I remember a little boy called John who put aside two golliwogs, one teddy bear, three toy dogs, two toy cats and his old monkey to take down to Polseath one year
Then it was John’s turn to go red. He changed the subject at once.
john
Daddy, are we going by train or by car?
Dad
We can pile everything into the boot. Well- what about Tuesday?”
Mom
That would suit me well,
Mom
Then we could take the children down, come back, and do our own packing at leisure, and start off for Scotland on the Friday. Yes- we’ll arrange for Tuesday.”
So Tuesday it was. The children counted the days eagerly
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Anne marked one off the calendar each night. The week seemed a very long time in going. But at last Tuesday did come.
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John and Julian, who shared a room, woke up at about the same moment, and stared out of the nearby
window.
julian
It’s a lovely day, hurrah
julian
“I don’t know why, but it always seems very important that it should be sunny on the first day of a holiday. Let’s wake Anne.”
Anne slept in the next room.
Julian ran in and shook her.
julian
Wake up! It’s Tuesday! And the sun’s shining.”
Anne woke up with a jump and stared at Julian joyfully
anne
“I thought it never would. Oh, isn’t it an exciting feeling to go away for a holiday!”
They started soon after breakfast. Their car was a big one, so it held them all very comfortably. Mother sat in front with Daddy, and the three children sat behind, their feet on two suitcases. In the luggage-place at the back of the car were all kinds of odds and ends, and one small trunk.
Mother really thought they had remembered everything. Along the crowded London roads they went, slowly at first, and then, as they left the town behind, more quickly.
The children sang songs to themselves,
as they always did when they were happy
anne
Are we picnicking soon
Mom
But not yet. It’s only eleven o’clock. We shan’t have lunch till at least half-past twelve, Anne
anne
“I know I can’t last out till then!
So her mother handed her some chocolate, and she and the boys munched
happily, watching the hills, woods and fields as the car sped by.
The picnic was lovely. They had it on the top of a hill, in a sloping field that looked down into a sunny valley. Anne didn’t very much like a big brown cow who came up close and stared at her, but it went away
julian
What time shall we be at Aunt Fanny’s
Dad
About six o’clock with luck,
john
We must watch out for the sea,
john
“I can smell it somewhere
near!”
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He was right. The car suddenly topped a hill- and there, was the shining blue sea, calm and smooth in the evening sun. The three children gave a yell.
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”There it is!”
”Isn’t it marvellous!”
”Oh, I want to bathe this very minute!
Dad
We shan’t be more than twenty minutes now, before we’re at Kirrin
Bay,”
Dad
We’ve made good time. You’ll see the bay soon- it’s quite a big one- with a funny sort of island at the entrance of the bay.
The children looked out for it as they drove along the coast. Then Julian
gave a shout.
julian
There it is- that must be Kirrin Bay. Look, John- isn’t it lovely and
blue?”
julian
And look at the rocky little island guarding the entrance of the bay,”
john
I’d like to visit that
Mom
Well, I’ve no doubt you will,”
Mom
Now, let’s look out for
Aunt Fanny’s house. It’s called Kirrin Cottage.”
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They soon came to it. It stood on the low cliff overlooking the bay, and
was a very old house indeed. It wasn’t really a cottage, but quite a big
house, built of old white stone. Roses climbed over the front of it, and the garden was gay with flowers.
Dad
Here’s Kirrin Cottage,
Dad
It’s supposed to be about three hundred years old! Now- where’s Quentin?
Dad
Hallo, there’s Fanny!”
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