Chapter 6 STORM IN THE NIGHT
It was fun to go back to their little camping-place again. It was growing dark, as they had stayed tohave a good meal at Kirrin Cottage, and Timmy had eaten a most enormous plate of meat, vegetablesand gravy¹. Then he had sat down and sighed as if to say 'That was jolly good! I could do with somemore!'
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However, nobody took any notice of this, so he trotted² off to have a good look round the garden tomake sure it was just the same as when he had left it a day or two before. Then it was time to startback to the camping-place, and Timmy heard George's whistle.
'Well, nobody laughed at Timmy this evening!' said Anne. 'Not even your father!'
'Oh, I expect Mother had told him not to,' said George. 'Anyway, I said I would stay away till Tim'sear is better, and I mean to.'
'Well, I'm quite willing,' said Anne. 'The only thing I'm a bit worried about is - do you suppose therewill be anyone snooping about in that old cottage again!'
'You dreamed it all!' said George. 'You admitted you did!'
'Well, yes, I did wonder if I had dreamed it,' said Anne, as they walked up the long Carters Lane tothe moor³. 'But now that it will soon be dark, I'm beginning to think I didn't dream it - and it isn't avery nice feeling.'
'Oh, don't be silly!' said George impatiently. 'You can't chop and change about like that. Anyway,we've got Timmy - no one would dare to upset Timmy! Would they, Tim?'
But Timmy was ahead, hoping against hope that he might for once in a way catch a rabbit. Therewere so many about on the common at this time of the evening, peeping at him here, making fun ofhim there, and showing their little white bobtails as soon as he moved in their direction.
The two girls got safely back to their camp. The tent was still up, their heather-bed out in the open,covered with the old rug. They put down their loads thankfully, and went to the little spring for adrink.
George yawned. 'I'm tired. Let's get to bed at once, shall we? Or wait - perhaps it would be a goodidea to have a look in at that cottage to make sure no one is there to disturb us tonight.'
'Oh no - I don't want to look,' said Anne. 'It's getting dark now.'
'All right - I'll go with Timmy,' said George, and off she went. She came back in about five minutes,her little torch shining in front of her, for it was now almost dark.
'Nothing to report,' she said. 'Nothing whatever - except one bat flying round that big room.
Timmy nearly went mad when it flew down and almost touched his nose.'

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