Mystery of the Pantomime Cat
Enid Blyton
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(, March 11, 2012)
Enid Blyton - Mystery 07 - Mystery of the Pantomime CatMystery07 – Mystery of the Pantomime Cat, The – Blyton, Enid.At the Railway Station.Larry and Daisy were waiting for Fatty to come and call for them with Buster the Scottie. They swung onthe gate and kept looking down the road."Nice to he home for the hols, again." said Daisy. "I wish Fatty would buck up. We shan't be in time tomeet Pip and Bets' train if he doesn't buck up. I'm longing to see them again. It seems ages since theChristmas hols.""There he is!" said Larry, and jumped off the gate. "And there's Buster. Hallo, Fatty! We'll have to hurry orwe won't be in time to meet Bets and Pip.""Plenty of time," said Fatty, who never seemed in a hurry. "I say, it'll be fun to be all together again, won'tit—the Five Find-Outers, ready to tackle the next super-colossal mystery!""Woof," said Buster, feeling a bit left out. Fatty corrected himself. "The Five Find-Outers and Dog. Sorry,Buster.""Come on," said Daisy. "The train will be in. Fancy, we've had almost a week's holiday and haven't seenBets and Pip. I bet they didn't like staying with their Aunt Sophie—she's frightfully strict and proper. They'llbe full of pleases and thank-yous and good manners for a few days!""It'll wear off," said Fatty. "Any one seen old Clear-Orf these hols.?"Clear-Orf was the name the children gave to Mr. Goon, the village policeman. He couldn't bear the fivechildren, and he hated Buster, who loved to dance round the fat policeman's ankles in a most aggravatingway. The children had solved a good many mysteries which Mr. Goon had tried to puzzle out himself, andhe was very jealous of them."He'll say 'Clear-orf!' as soon as ever he spots one of us anywhere," said Larry, with a grin. "It's sort ofautomatic with him. I say—I wonder if there'll be any more mysteries these hols. I feel I could just use mybrains nicely on a good juicy mystery!"The others laughed. "Don't let Daddy hear you say that," said Daisy. "You had such a bad report that he'llwonder why you don't use your brains for Latin and Maths., instead of Mysteries!""I suppose he had 'Could use his brains better,' or 'Does not make the best use of his brains,' on his report,"said Fatty. "I know the sort of thing.""You couldn't ever have had those remarks put on your report, Fatty," said Daisy, who had a greatadmiration for Fatty's brains."Well," said Fatty, modestly, "I usually have 'A brilliant term's work,' or 'Far surpasses the average for hisform' or . . ."Larry gave him a punch. "Still the same modest but conceited old...