Chapter One SUMMER HOLIDAYS
　　"George dear, do settle down and do something," said George's mother. "You keep wandering in andout with Timothy, and I am trying to have a rest.""Sorry, Mother," said Georgina, taking hold of Timothy's collar. "But I feel lonely without the others.
　　Oh I do wish tomorrow would come. I've been without them for three whole weeks already."Georgina went to boarding-school with her cousin Anne, and in the holidays she and Anne, andAnne's two brothers, Julian and Dick, usually joined up together and had plenty of fun. Now it wasthe summer holidays, and already three weeks had gone by. Anne, Dick and Julian had gone awaywith their father and mother, but Georgina's parents had wanted their little girl with them, so she hadnot gone.
　　Now her three cousins were coming the next day to spend the rest of the summer holidays with her ather old home, Kirrin cottage.
　　"It will be lovely when they are here," said George, as she was always called, to Timothy her dog.
　　"Simply lovely, Timothy. Don't you think so?""Woof," said Timothy and licked¹ George's hand.
　　George was dressed, as usual, exactly like a boy, in jeans and a jersey². She had always wanted to be aboy, and would never answer if she was called Georgina. So everyone called her George.
　　She had missed her cousins very much during the first weeks of the summer holidays.
　　''I used to think I liked best to be alone,'' George said to Timothy, who always seemed to understandevery word she said. ''But now I know that was silly. It's nice to be with others and share things, andmake friends.''
　　Timothy thumped³ his tail on the ground. He certainly liked being with the other children too. He waslonging to see Julian, Anne and Dick again.
　　George took Timothy down to the beach. She shaded her eyes with her hand, and looked out to theentrance of the bay. In the middle of it, almost as if it were guarding it, lay a small, rocky island, onwhich rose the ruins of an old castle.
　　''We'll visit you again this summer, Kirrin Island,'' said George softly. ''I haven't been able to go toyou yet this summer, because my boat was being mended – but it will be ready soon, then I'll 2come to you. And I'll look all round the old castle again. Oh Tim – do you remember the adventureswe had on Kirrin Island last summer?'
　　Tim remembered quite well, because he himself had shared in the thrilling adventures. He had beendown in the

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