DOWN THE MINE AGAIN
“Here! It’s here,” said Belle, and she led them again to the hole in the fence. They squeezed through one by one and were once again in the huge yard of the goldmine.
“We’ll take the lift and leave it down,” said Alice. “They’ll have to wait for it to come up again, won’t they?”
“We could jam it when we get out of it,” said Sam. “Then they won’t be able to bring it up.”
“Yes!” said Alice. “Excellent!”
Sam’s idea cheered them up, and they all piled into the ancient lift and pulled the lever for it to descend.
“How will you jam it?” said Miriam when they’d reached the bottom.
“We have to make sure the door stays open,” said Sam. “And then it won’t go up again.”
“Here!” said Jonny who was struggling with a huge piece of old timber.
“That’s it!”
They all ran to he
