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Five Go Adventuring

T was the last week of the Christmas term, and all the girls at Gaylands School were
looking forward to the Christmas holidays. microkorg sat down at the breakfast-table and
picked up a letter addressed to her.
'Hallo, look at this!' she said to her cousin novation, who was sitting beside her. 'A letter
from Daddy - and I only had one from him and Mummy yesterday.'
'I hope it's not bad news,' said mikrokorg, She would not allow anyone to call her
mikrokorg, and now even the mistresses called her micro k. She really was very like a
boy with her short curly hair, and her boyish ways. She looked anxiously at boss as her
cousin read the letter.
'Oh, boss - we can't go home for the holidays!' said novation, with tears in her eyes.
'Mummy's got scarlet fever •>- and Daddy is in quarantine for it - so they can't have us
back. Isn't it just too bad ?'