Five Are Together Again (15 page)

„Yes. There"s probably been a trail of robberies wherever the circus went," said Jenny.

„And many innocent people must have been suspected."

„What a shame!" said Anne. „But oh dear - if Mr Wooh goes to prison, whatever wil become of poor old Charlie the Chimp?"

„I bet Jeremy wil take him," said Tinker. „He loves him, and old Charlie adores Jeremy! He"l be al right with Jeremy and old Grandad!"

„Well, Tinker, I think you"d better go and tel your father all this," said Jenny. „I know he"s busy - he always is - but this is a thing he ought to deal with and nobody else. If you"d like to fetch him, George could tel him the whole story - and then I rather guess he"l ring up the police - and Mr Wooh wil find himself in a whole lot of trouble."

So there goes Tinker, with Mischief on his shoulder, to find his father, down the hall - up the stairs - along the landing - into his father"s bedroom... r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r! Tinker, you sound like a motor-scooter going up a steep hil ! PARP -PARP! Don"t hoot like that, you"l make your father so angry that he won"t listen to a word you say!

But the Professor did listen - and soon Jenny heard him telephoning the police. They"re coming straight away, and that means that Mr Wooh the Magician is in for a most unpleasant time, and his magic won"t help him at all! He"l have to give back the papers that he made Charlie steal - and plenty of other things, too! There he is, marooned on the island, quite unable to escape, waiting fearful y with his companion, for the police!

„Another adventure over!" said George, with a regretful sigh. „And a jolly exciting one too!

I"m glad you solved the mystery, Tinker - it was clever of you to find the little tower room clock. I bet Mr Wooh wouldn"t have let Charlie keep it, if he"d known he"d taken it from the tower room! Poor old Charlie the Chimp!"

„I"m just wondering if Dad would let me keep Charlie here, while Mr Wooh is in prison,"

began Tinker, and stopped as Jenny gave a horrified shriek.

„Tinker! If you so much as mention that idea to your father, I"l walk straight out of this house and NEVER COME BACK!" said Jenny. „That chimp would be in my kitchen al day long - oh yes, he would - and things would be disappearing out of my larder, and my cupboards, and my drawers, and he"d dance up and down and scream at me if I so much as said a word, and..."

„Al right, dear, dear Jenny, I won"t ask for Charlie, honest I won"t," said Tinker. „I do love you a bit more than I"d love a chimp - but think what a companion he would be for Mischief!"

„I"m not thinking anything of the sort!" said Jenny. „And what about you taking a bit of notice of that monkey of yours - bless us al if he hasn"t helped himself to half that jar of jam - just look at his sticky face! Oh, what a week this has been, what with chimps and monkeys and children and robberies, and George disappearing, and all!"

„Dear old Jenny," said George, laughing as she went off into the kitchen. „What an exciting time we"ve had! I real y did enjoy every minute of it!"

So did we, George. Hurry up and fall into another adventure. We are longing to hear what you and the others wil be up to next. How we wish we could join you! Good-bye for now - and take care of yourselves, Five. Good luck!