Enid Blyton 
The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat 

Larry and Daisy were waiting for Fatty to come and call for them with Buster the Scottie. They swung on the gate and kept looking down the road.

“Nice to be home for the hols, again, ” said Daisy. “I wish Fatty would buck up. We shan’t be in time to meet Pip and Bets’ train if he doesn’t buck up. I’m longing to see them again. It seems ages since the Christmas hols.”

“There he is!” said Larry, and jumped off the gate. “And there’s Buster. Hallo, Fatty! We’ll have to hurry or we won’t be in time to meet Bets and Pip.”

“Plenty of time, ” said Fatty, who never seemed in a hurry. “I say, it’ll be fun to be all together again, won’t it—the Five Find-Outers, ready to tackle the next super-colossal mystery!”