Famous Five Chapter 17 summary

The three men were looking at George rowing the boat strongly. They past the big fishing smack and one of the people said “Ahoy there have you come from Kirrin Island” they didn’t answer then the men said it louder and they still didn’t answer and the men gave up.

So George kept rowing and they reached land. They pulled up the boat Timmy helped too he was so happy.

They went to Kirrin cottage in top speed they saw aunt fanny gardening, she was surprised; she thought they would come back tomorrow or the next day.

“What happened to dicks cheek” Aunt Fanny asked “Nothing much” dick answered. Then the others asked where’s Uncle Quentin then Aunt Fanny shouted “Quentin! Quentin! The child has something to tell us”.

Then Uncle Quentin showed up they Children told Uncle that the men doesn’t want to build a hotel on the island they bought the island because they know there is hidden treasure. The children tried hard to tell Uncle Quentin that it is all true that in the box he sold there is a map to find the gold Ingots he doesn’t believe it yet so the boys told the whole story from begening to end.

Then suddenly after Julians tale Uncle Quentin changed his mind about it. "You've been very clever," he said. "And very brave too. I'm proud of you. Yes, I'm very proud of you all. No wonder you didn't want me to sell the island, George, when you knew about the ingots! But why didn't you tell me?" The four children looked confused. Then Aunt Fanny answered for them that you scare the children so they wouldn’t get near you.

Then Uncle Quentin rang the police. The children ate biscuits and told all the details to Aunt Fanny.

They heard a bark from the garden it was Timmy then unexpectedly Aunt Fanny said fetch him we shall give him good dinner so George fetched Timmy.

A minute after that Uncle Quentin came he said “The police take a serious view of all this," he said, "and so does my lawyer. They all agree in thinking that you children have been remarkably clever and brave. And George— my lawyer says that the ingots definitely belong to us. Are there really a lot?” “There are hundreds shall we be rich now” George asked “Yes we shall we can get anything you want, what do you want?” “Timothy of course” answered George "Father! Tim is the thing I want most in the entire world," said George, squeezing her father's arm. "You can't think what a friend he was to us on the island— and he wanted to fly at those men and fight them. Oh, Father, I don't want any other present— I only want to keep Tim and have him here for my very own.

A few minutes later the police arrived with some Ingots one of them heard to the children’s story and wrote it in his notebook and the other one was talking to Uncle Quentin.