The Message in the Hollow Oak
“But the sensation awakened her fully. She looked straight ahead and blinked in disbelief. Two eyes were shining in the darkness. An animal!
Quickly Nancy felt under her pillow and pulled out a flashlight, which she always kept within reach when camping. She beamed it directly on the two eyes.
“Na-a-a! Na-a-a!”
A goat! It had been after the cookies and had knocked the box off the bureau. By this time all the girls were awake and flashlights shone from every cot.
“Oh!” Julie Anne cried out. “How ...did he get in here?”
One of the girls, Susan Miller, lighted a lantern and the whole group began to giggle. Then they asked one another how the goat had managed to enter the house. Though the front and rear doors of the farmhouse had been closed, they were not locked.
“And our bedroom door is open,” added Julie Anne. “My guess is that some of the boys played a joke on us.”
Nancy spoke up. “If so, I guess it was meant for me, because just before the box of cookies fell on my head, someone called through the window here, ”Na-an-cy Dr-ew!”MoreLess
Quickly Nancy felt under her pillow and pulled out a flashlight, which she always kept within reach when camping. She beamed it directly on the two eyes.
“Na-a-a! Na-a-a!”
A goat! It had been after the cookies and had knocked the box off the bureau. By this time all the girls were awake and flashlights shone from every cot.
“Oh!” Julie Anne cried out. “How ...did he get in here?”
One of the girls, Susan Miller, lighted a lantern and the whole group began to giggle. Then they asked one another how the goat had managed to enter the house. Though the front and rear doors of the farmhouse had been closed, they were not locked.
“And our bedroom door is open,” added Julie Anne. “My guess is that some of the boys played a joke on us.”
Nancy spoke up. “If so, I guess it was meant for me, because just before the box of cookies fell on my head, someone called through the window here, ”Na-an-cy Dr-ew!”MoreLess
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