Five on a Treasure Island (17 page)

"Oh, George— how lovely!" said Anne, delighted. "Won't the boys be pleased? I do feel so ha ..."

But before she could finish, the little girl was asleep. So was George. In the other room the two boys slept, too, dreaming of ingots and dungeons and all kinds of exciting things.

Only one person was awake— and that was Tim. He had one ear up and was listening to the children's breathing. As soon as he knew they were asleep he got up quietly from his rug. He crept softly over to George's bed. He put his front paws up and sniffed at the sleeping girl.

Then, with a bound he was on the bed, and snuggled himself down into the crook of her legs. He gave a sigh, and shut his eyes. The four children might be happy— but Tim was happiest of all.

"Oh, Tim," murmured George, half waking up as she felt him against her. "Oh, Tim, you mustn't— but you do feel so nice. Tim— we'll have other adventures together, the five of us— won't we?"

They will— but that's another story!

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