It was a minute to midnight. The five were asleep in their tents. Outside everything was peaceful and quiet. Midnight. The town clock could be heard chiming away in the distance. The five slept on. Then it began. Timmy awoke. He started whining. Voices? He whined louder and nudged George. George awoke with a jump. "What is it Tim?" she whispered. She listened hard. Then she heard it. The sound of voices. Where were the voices coming from? They were being carried along by the gentle breeze. Then she heard something strange. What was it? A screeching noise. George woke Anne up. They sat there listening. They decided that the noises were too far away to worry about. "We'll find out what it is in the morning" George said sleepily. They both fell back to sleep.
Next morning the girls woke up. They stepped outside the tents and stretched. Julian came up to them with a pile of sticks for the fire. "Morning sleepy heads" he said jokingly. The girls smiled and started sorting through the food to make breakfast. A few minutes later Dick came back with some water.
They all sat down together and started to eat breakfast. "Last night," George began "did you boys hear anything…strange?" The boys looked at each other and shook their heads. "Oh," said George softly "only Anne and I did". She told them about what they had heard. The boys were unsure what to make of it. "Could have been anything" Julian said after a minute or two. They fell silent and carried on eating.
After breakfast they cleared the stuff away and set off towards the town.
They reached the town and Julian saw a post office. "I'll be right back," he said "I just have to get some things so we can write home everyday like we said we would". The others nodded and stood outside waiting. A couple of minutes later Julian came out and they decided to head towards a nice little cafe for some ice cream. Timmy barked joyfully. He loved ice cream!