Adventure Stories (The Adventurous Four; The Adventurous Four Again; Adventure of the Strange Ruby) PDF
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— 1 - N '- ADVENTURE STORM : The Adventurous Fdup I — """- W-s^O- J iThe Adventurous Four Again Adventure ofthe Strange Rufy THREEBOOK£J& Q^0/j Digitized by the InternetArchive in 2010 http://www.archive.org/details/adventurestoriesOOblyt Ow 6vuii 13k{ta ADVENTURE STORIES Illustrated by Trevor Parkin and David Barnett Enid Blyton titles published byRed Fox (incorporating Beaver Books): UptheFaraway Tree AdventureoftheStrangeRuby FourinaFamily Hollow TreeHouse TheCaravanFamily HouseattheCorner MrTwiddleStories(2in J) TheNaughtiestGirlintheSchool TheNaughtiestGirlAgain TheNaughtiestGirlisaMonitor CircusStories(4in J) Hedgerow Tales TheGoblinAeroplaneandOtherStories TheBirthdayKittenandTheBoywho WantedaDog(2in J) Don'tBeSilly,MrTwiddle TheAdventuresofScamp ThreeBoysanda Circus TheFourCousins TheFirstGreen GoblinBook TheSecondGreen GoblinBook The YellowFairyBook MagicStories(3in 1) TheChristmasStory TalesfromFairyland More TalesfromFairyland fosie, ClickandBunandtheLittle TreeHouse AdventureStories AnimalStories THE ADVENTUROUS FOUR Illustrated by Trevor Parkin RED FOX ARedFoxBook PublishedbyRandomHouseChildren'sBooks 20Vauxhall BridgeRoad,LondonSW1V2SA AdivisionofRandomHouse UKLtd LondonMelbourneSydneyAuckland Johannesburgandagenciesthroughout theworld TheAdventurousFourfirstpublishedbyGeorgeNewnesLtd 1941 Beaveredition 1980.Seventhimpression 1991 Text©EnidBlyton 1941 Text©DarrellWatersLtd 1969 Illustrations©Cen.turyHutchinsonLtd 1986 TheAdventurousFourAgainfirstpublishedbyGeorgeNewnesLtd 1947 Hamlynedition 1980.Thirdimpression 1983 Text©EnidBlyton 1947.Text©DarrellWatersLtd 1969 Illustrations©HamlynPublishingGroupLtd 1980 AdventureoftheStrangeRubyfirstpublishedby Hodder&StoughtonChildren'sBooks 1960 Beaveredition 1979.Reprinted 1980, 1983, 1984(twice) and 1988 RedFoxedition 1991 Text©EnidBlyton 1960.Illustrations©CenturyHutchinsonLtd 1979 ThiscollectionRedFoxedition 1992 57910864 EnidBlyton'ssignatureisaRegisteredTradeMark ofDarrellWatersLimited Thisbookissoldsubject totheconditionthatitshallnot,by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwisecirculatedwithoutthepublisher'spriorconsentin any form ofbindingorcoverother than that in which it is publishedandwithout asimilarcondition includingthis conditionbeingimposedonthesubsequentpurchaser PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby Cox&Wyman Ltd,Reading,Berkshire RANDOMHOUSEUKLimitedReg.No.954009 PapersusedbyRandomHouseUKLimited arenatural,recyclableproductsmade fromwoodgrownin sustainable forests.Themanufacturingprocessesconform to theenvironmentalregulationsofthecountryoforigin ISBN 09921981 6 Contents i The beginning ofthe adventures 7 The beginning ofthe adventures Three children ran down a rocky path to the seashore. Tom went first, a small, wiry boy of twelve, his red hair gleaming in the sun. He looked round at the two girls following,andhisgreen eyes twinkled. 'Wantanyhelp,you two?' MaryandJill laughed inscorn. 'Don't be so silly, Tom,' said Mary. 'We're as good as you any day when we're running over the rocks,' The girls were twins, and very like each other, with their heads of thick golden hair, tied in plaits, and their deep blue eyes. They often laughed at theirbrotherTom, and said he should have been called Carrots or Ginger or Marmalade,because ofhisredhair. They were all on holiday, staying in a little fishing- village on the north-east coast of Scotland. Their father was in the Air Force, and their mother was with them, knittinghard all day longin the garden of thelittle white house where theywere staying. The three of them had run wild, and were all burnt as brown as monkeys. Usually they wore nothing but bath- ingcostumesand rubbershoes, andspentas muchof their timein theseaasoutofit. At first their mother had been afraid of the big waves that crashed on the shore, for she had thought the three children would surely be thrown on to thesand and hurt, if they tried to bathe in such a rough sea. But they had soon learnt to swim right through the heart of the big breaking waves, and reach the calmer water beyond the shore. They had one great friend - Andy, the fisher-boy. He 8 TheAdventurousFour was a big, strong lad of fourteen, whohad just leftschool and was helping his father with his fishing. Andy was dark-haired and blue-eyed, and wasburnt dark brownby the sun. He knew everything about the sea, boats, and fishing. He could mimic any sea-bird, and could call the wild gullstohimbycryingtothem. 'Andy's marvellous,' said Mary and Jill, a dozen times a day - and Tom agreed. Each day the children went to talk to their friend, and to watch him bring in the catch offish,cleanit,andpackittobesentaway. Andy was tall and brown. He was dressed in old blue trousers, and a dark blue jersey. He liked the three chil- drenverymuch,and often tookthem outinhislittleboat. He had taught them all to swim like fishes, to row strongly, and to climb the rocky cliffs like cats. It would really have turned their mother's hair quite white if she had seen the things that the three children sometimes tried to do! Andysaton thesideofhislittleboatandgrinnedatthe three children running down the rocky path. His white teeth gleamed in his brown face, and his eyes shone as blueasthesea. Hewasmendinganet. 'Let me help you, Andy,' said Mary, and she took up the torn net. Her fingers were nimble and she worked with Andy whilst the others lay on their backs on thehot sand. 'Andy, did you ask your father what we wanted you to do?' said Tom. 'Aye, I did,'saidAndy. 'Hesays,yes-ifI workhardall the week.' 'Andy! How lovely!' said Jill in excitement. 'I never thought he'd let you!' 'Doyoumean tosayyourfatherwill reallylendyouhis sailing-ship to take us for a trip to Little Island?' asked Mary, hardlybelievingherears. 'I never thoughthe'dsay yes.' 'Iwasrathersurprised, too,'said Andy. 'ButheknowsI can handle the boat just as well as he can. We'll take
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