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spoilt and liked his own way. Well, he wouldn't get it if he came up against old Julian!

    They stopped at eleven for ice-creams and drinks. Richard seemed to have a lot of money. He insisted on buying ice-creams for all of them, even Timmy.

    Once again they bought food for their lunch — new bread, farm-house butter, cream cheese, crisp lettuce, fat red radishes and a bunch of spring onions. Richard bought a magnificent chocolate cake he saw in a first-class cake-shop.

    'Gracious! That must have cost you a fortune!' said Anne. 'How are we going to carry it?'

    'Woof,' said Timmy longingly.

    'No, I certainly shan't let you carry it,' said Anne. 'Oh dear — we'll have to cut it in half, I think, and two people can share the carrying. It's such an enormous cake.'

    On they went again, getting into the real country now, with vil ages few and far between. A farm here and there showed up on the hil sides, with cows and sheep and fowls. It was a peaceful, quiet scene, with the sun spil ing down over everything, and the blue April sky above, patched with great white cotton-wool clouds.

    'This is grand,' said Richard. 'I say, doesn't Timmy ever get tired? He's panting like anything now.'

    'Yes. I think we ought to find somewhere for our lunch,' said Julian, looking at his watch.
    'We've done a very good run this morning. Of course a lot of the way has been downhil .
    This afternoon we'l probably be slower, because we'll be getting into hil y country.'

    They found a spot to picnic in. They chose the sunny side of a hedge, looking downhil into a smal valley. Sheep and lambs were in the field they sat in. The lambs were very inquisitive, and one came right up to Anne and bleated.

    'Do you want a bit of my bread?' asked Anne, and held it out to the lamb. Timmy watched indignantly. Fancy handing out food to those sil y little creatures! He growled a little, and George shushed him.

    Soon all the lambs were crowding round, quite unafraid, and one even tried to put its little front legs up on to George's shoulders! That was too much for Timmy! He gave such a sudden, fierce growl that all the lambs shot off at once.

    'Oh, don't be so jealous, Timmy,' said George. 'Take this sandwich and behave yourself.
    Now you've frightened away the lambs, and they won't come back.'

    They all ate the food and then drank their lime-juice and ginger-beer. The sun was very hot. Soon they would all be burnt brown — and it was only April. How marvel ous! Julian thought lazily that they were really lucky to have such weather — it would be awful to have to bike along all day in the pouring rain.

    Once again the children snoozed in the afternoon sun, Richard too — and the little lambs skipped nearer and nearer. One actually leapt on to Julian as he slept, and he sat upright with a jerk. Timmy!' he began, if you leap on me again like that I'l . . .'

    But it wasn't Timmy, it was a lamb! Julian laughed to himself. He sat for a few minutes and watched the little white creatures playing 'I'm king of the castle' with an old coop, then he lay down again.

    'Are we anywhere near your aunt's house?' Julian asked Richard, when they once more mounted their bicycles.

    'If we're anywhere near Great Giddings, we shal soon be there,' said Richard, riding without his handlebars and almost ending up in the ditch. 'I didn't notice it on the map.'

    Julian tried to remember. 'Yes — we should be at Great Giddings round about tea-time
    — say five o'clock or thereabouts. We'll leave you at your aunt's house for tea if you like.'

    'Oh no, thank you,' said Richard, quickly. 'I'd much rather have tea with you. I do wish I could come on this tour with you. I suppose I couldn't possibly? You could telephone my mother.'

    'Don't be an ass,' said Julian. 'You can have tea with us if you like — but we drop you at your aunt's as arranged, see? No nonsense about that.'

    They came to Great Giddings at about ten past five. Although it was cal ed Great it was real y very