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don’t laugh, we shall cry!’ she said. ‘What a hullabaloo! Well, it’s a good thing they’ll soon be off, ma’am. That loft is much too draughty for the boys, you know. Look at poor Julian - he’s got such a stiff neck he can hardly turn it this morning.’
    ‘Who cares?’ said Julian. ‘We’ll soon be off again together, all the Five - and two more to keep us company. It will be quite an adventure!’
    ‘An adventure?’ said Tinker, surprised. ‘But you can’t have adventures in a light-house -
    it’s out on the rocks, all by itself, as lonely as can be! There aren’t any adventures to be found there!’
    Ah - you wait and see, Tinker! You don’t know the Five! If there’s any adventure about, they’re bound to be right in the middle of it!

Chapter Six
MAKING PLANS

    It was very exciting making plans to go to the lighthouse. Tinker told them all about it, time and time again. ‘It’s very tall - and there’s an iron stairway - a spiral one, going from the bottom up to the top. And at the top is a little room for the lamp that used to flash to warn ships away.’
    ‘It sounds smashing,’ said George. ‘What about Timmy, though? Can he climb up a spiral stairway?’
    ‘Well, he can live down at the bottom, can’t he, if it’s too difficult for him to climb up?’
    said Tinker. ‘Mischief can climb it easily - he simply races up!’
    ‘If Timmy has to live at the bottom, I shall live there with him,’ said George.
    ‘Why not wait and see the light-house before you arrange the sleeping places?’ said Julian, giving lier a friendly punch. ‘Now first we must find out exactly where it is - and the way to get there. It’s a pity Tinker can’t turn into a real car - he could run us there in no time!’
    Tinker at once imagined himself to be a large van, taking the Five and all their luggage along the road. He raced round the room, making his usual car noise, and hooting so loudly that he made everyone jump. Julian caught him as he raced round the table and sat him down firmly.
    ‘Any more of that and we leave you behind,’ he said. ‘Now - where’s that map of yours -
    let’s have a look at it - and then we’ll get Aunt Fanny’s big map of the coast, and track down the road to your lighthouse.’
    Soon Tinker and the Five were studying a large-scale map of the coast, Mischief sitting on Dick’s shoulder and tickling his neck.
    ‘See - that’s the way to go,’ said Julian. ‘It really wouldn’t be far by sea - look, round the coast here, cut across this bay, round the headland - and just there are the rocks on which the old light-house stands. But by road it’s a very long way.’
    ‘Better go by car, though,’ said Dick. ‘We’ve a good bit of luggage to take - not only our clothes, but crockery and things like that. And food.’

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    ‘There are still some stores there,’ said Tinker, eagerly. ‘Dad left some when we went away from the light-house.’
    ‘They’ll probably have gone bad,’ said Julian.
    ‘Well - don’t take too much,’ said Tinker. ‘It’s a pretty rough way over the rocks to the light-house - there isn’t a road that runs right up to it, you know. We shall have to carry everything ourselves, once we get to the place. We can always get fresh food if we want it - the village isn’t all that far away - but there are some days when you can’t even leave the light-house! You see the waves splash house-high over the rocks when there’s a rough wind. We’d have to get across by boat if the tide’s in - the rocks are covered then!’
    ‘This sounds too exciting for words!’ said Dick, his eyes shining. ‘What do you think about it, Anne? You haven’t said a word!’
    ‘Well - I do feel just a bit scared!’ said Anne. ‘It sounds so lonely. I do hope no ships will be wrecked on those awful rocks while we’re there!’
    ‘Tinker said there was a fine new light-house farther along