Part 17 back at the circus field the words to be introduced before listening Draperies Story Zanewieski to give a good hiding0:08
a beam, to kick up a crash, to dive, to roll skatitsa at top speed to pant blind, slip0:24
the key turned in the lock and the door of the caravan was pushed open.0:54
A powerful torch was switched on and lit the inside of the van.1:00
The boys were under the bunks and could not be seen.1:06
But the man was so certain that somebody was inside the van that he pulled aside the draperies that hung over the side of the bunk where Peter was hiding.1:10
At once he saw the boy.1:21
He shouted angrily and pulled poor Peter out.1:24
He shook him so hard that the boy cried out, came Colin at once to his rescue.1:29
Ah, so there are two of you, said the man.1:37
What are you doing here?1:42
How long have you been in this van?1:44
Not long, said Peter.1:48
We came in by mistake.1:51
We wanted to get into another van, but in the dark we missed our way.1:53
A pretty poor sort of story, said the man angrily.1:59
Now I'm going to give you each a good hiding.2:05
That will teach you to get into other people's caravans.2:08
He put down his torch on a shelf so that its beam lighted the whole caravan.2:12
The man looked dangerous indeed.2:17
Colin suddenly kicked up at the torch.2:21
It got into the air and fell to the floor with a crash.2:24
The caravan was in darkness.2:30
Quick, Peter, go for his legs.2:32
Shouted Colin and dived for the man's legs.2:34
But in the darkness he missed them, got out of the door and rolled down the steps, landing on the road below.2:38
Peter, too, dived to get hold of the man's legs and caught one of them.2:46
Peter fell down the steps and rolled into the hedge.2:52
At the same moment, the horse galloped off down the road.2:57
The man was inside of the caravan.3:01
Colin, where are you?3:05
The horse has gone with the caravan and the man inside it.3:10
Colin was hiding in the hedge too.3:16
He stepped out to join Peter and the two set off down the road as fast as they could, running at top speed, panting loudly.3:18
Every single thing in this adventure goes wrong, said Colin at last, slowing down.3:29
We can't even get into the right caravan when we want to.3:36
We have to choose the wrong one.3:41
Well, we learnt quite a bit, said Peter.3:45
And we know the thief is wearing those socks now, even if we still don't know who he is.3:49
Funny thing is, I seem to know his voice.3:57
Have you any idea at all where we are?4:02
I mean, do you suppose we're running towards home or away from it?4:07
As this is a most unusual adventure, I wouldn't be surprised if we're running in the wrong direction as fast as ever we can.4:13
Well, we're not, said Peter.4:23
I know where we are all right.4:26
In fact, we'll soon be back at the circus field.4:29
I say, should we slip into the field again and just have a look round for the man who's wearing the socks?4:33
I feel as if I simply must find out who he is.4:42
Colin didn't want to.4:46
He had had enough adventure for one night.4:48
But he said he would wait for Peter outside the gate if he badly wanted to go into the field again.4:52
So Peter slipped over the fence and made his way to where he saw many lights.5:00
The show was over and the people had gone home.5:07
But the circus people were now having their supper and the light from the fires looked very bright and gay.5:11
Peter saw some children playing together.5:20
One of them appeared very tall indeed.5:24
And Peter saw that she was walking on stilts just as the stilt walkers did in the ring.5:27
It was the little girl who had told him there was no one legged man in the circus.5:35
She came walking over to where he stood by a caravan, but she didn't see him.5:42
And Peter stared at something showing on the ground where the child had walked.5:50
Her stilts had left peculiar marks in the ground.5:57
Regular round marks, just like the ones by the wall round Milton Manor.6:01
There they were showing clearly in the damp ground lit by the light of a nearby fire.6:08
Look at that, Peter said to himself.6:17
Those marks weren't made by a one legged man.6:21
They were made by a stilt walker.6:25
Why ever didn't we think of it before?6:28
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