As Hoomey slid into the water,he thought that his last hour had come.He felt the water,he thought that his last hour had come.He felt the water close over him like death,and he opened his mouth to scream.Suddenly Nails appeared.He caught Hoomey by the chin and pulled his head up out of the water."You stupid fool!"Nails shouted. "use your arms!"Then he swam away.Nutty stared after him thoughtfully.
That evening Mr Bean's horses arrived. The plan was to keep them in an old,unused factory on the edge of the town.
All the buildings around the factory had been destroyed and grass was growing where there once houses. So,after tea,Nutty went down there on Midnight.When she arrived,Sam Sylvester and the boys were already there, with some of the parents.