Part 12 one leg William the words to be introduced before listening.0:12
He couldn't have climbed over the wall with one leg.0:25
Astonished to fancy an inch due Im to fit a doubt.0:33
Bogsnay pecimu to trace.0:47
The old circus woman gave Pam a little push.0:55
Didn't you hear me say go away?0:59
They all decided to go at once.1:03
Pam thought the old woman looked really rather like a witch.1:06
They walked quickly out of the field, silent but very excited.1:12
Once they were in the lane, they all talked at once.1:18
We never thought of socks.1:22
We thought we had to look for a pullover.1:24
But it's socks all right.1:28
That pear is made of exactly the same wool as this bit we found caught onto that wall.1:30
Gracious to think we didn't dare to ask whose socks they were.1:38
If only we had, we'd know who the thief was.1:43
They went back to the farmhouse.1:48
They wanted to discuss what to do next.1:51
And down in the shed, patiently waiting for them, were Jack, George and Barbara.1:54
They didn't give the others a chance to tell about the socks.2:02
They immediately began to tell something of their own.2:05
Peter, Janet, you know those strange round marks we saw on the inside of the wall?2:09
Well, we found some more exactly like them, said Jack.2:16
In a muddy place near Old Chimney Cottage, said Jack.2:24
George and I saw them and went to fetch Barbara.2:29
Then we came to tell you.2:33
And what's more, Barbara knows what made the marks.2:35
You'll never guess, said Barbara.2:41
Go on, tell us, said Janet, forgetting all about the socks.2:44
Well, when I saw the marks, round and regular, just like the ones we had seen, I couldn't think what they were at first, said Barbara.2:49
But then when I remembered who lived in the nearby cottage, I knew.3:00
Do you know who lives at Chimney Cottage?3:11
It's one leg, William.3:18
He had a leg bitten off once by a shark, and he's got a wooden leg.3:21
And when he walks in the mud with it, it leaves round marks just like the marks we saw on the other side of the wall.3:27
It must be one leg, William.3:36
The others sat and thought about this for a few moments.3:41
Then Peter shook his head.3:46
No, one leg, William couldn't possibly be the thief.3:49
He couldn't have climbed over the wall with one leg.3:53
And besides, the thief wore a pair of socks, and that means two legs.3:56
How do you know he wore socks?4:03
Asked Barbara, astonished.4:05
They told her about the Socks on the line away in the circus field.4:07
Barbara thought hard.4:13
Well, I expect the thief was a two legged man with socks.4:15
But I don't see why One Leg William couldn't have been with him to help in some way.4:19
The marks are exactly the same.4:25
What was one leg William doing there anyway?4:27
That's what we must find out, said Peter, getting up.4:31
Come on, we'll go and ask him a few questions and see those marks.4:36
Fancy them being made by a one legged man?4:41
I never, never thought of that.4:45
They made their way to Chimney Cottage.4:48
Just outside was a very muddy place and sure enough, there in it were the same round regular marks that the children had seen over Milton Manor wall.4:51
Peter bent down to study them.5:05
He got out his notebook and took from it the bit of string that George had cut.5:07
When he measured the width of the other round marks he looked up in surprise.5:13
No, these marks aren't the same.5:21
They're nearly an inch smaller.5:23
He set the string over one of the marks and the others saw at once that it was longer than the width of the marks.5:28
Well, isn't that queer?5:38
It couldn't have been one leg William.5:41
Then is there another man with a wooden leg in the district?5:44
One whose leg might be a bit wider and fit the marks?5:49
Everyone thought hard, but nobody could think of a man with a wooden leg.5:55
It was really very strange.6:01
We keep on thinking we're solving things and we aren't, said Peter.6:04
There's no doubt, I think, that a man with a wooden leg was there with the thief, though goodness knows why.6:10
But it wasn't one leg William.6:19
And we do know that the thief can't have only one leg because he definitely wears two socks.6:22
We know his socks, but we don't know him, said Janet.6:29
This mystery is getting more mysterious than ever.6:34
We keep finding out things that lead us nowhere.6:38
We shall have to go back to the circus field tomorrow and try to trace those socks, said Peter.6:43
We can't ask straight out whose they are, but we could watch and see who's wearing them.6:50
Meet there again at 10 and we'll have a look at every sock on every foot in that field.7:01
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