1) The mystery of the Burnt Cottage.
When Bets had seen the tramp sleeping against the hay rick and came back and told the others. They all went to try and see if they could see the soles of his shoes. Larry bent down to the ground to see and the tramp woke up, saw him and wanted to know why he was doing that. Said something to the effect "Think I am the King of England, kneeling in front of me with your head on the ground ". They heard Mr. Good coming along so they hid on top of the hay rick. Mr. Goon did the same, the tramp woke up again and saw him and wanted to know what was going on again. Mr. Good said he wanted to see the soles of his shoes, tramp got more madder and said show me your buttons". I could not stop laughing.
2) The mystery of the Disappearing Cat.
When Fatty put the clues in the cat cage and Tupping found them and gave them to Mr. Goon. Fatty had kept one of each clue for themselves. Inspector Jenks was going to go through their area, so he was invited to a picnic by the Five. Mr. Goon saw them with picnic baskets and thought they were taking food for Luke, as they told him they were going on a picnic with a friend. He followed them and was deathly surprised when he saw the Inspector with them, after saying he was going to get his hands on "you know who". The Inspector asked him how he was doing with the case so far and he showed him the 'clues' Fatty had left in the cat house. Fatty took out his duplicate "clues" and showed them to the Inspector as well. Mr. Good was floored. (I could imagine Mr. Goon's perplexity at that point but it was funny too).
3) The mystery of the Spiteful Letters.
When Fatty disguised himself to get samples of writing/printing from Old Nosey, Mrs. Moon and Ms. Tittle.
4) The mystery of the Hidden House.
When Fatty disguised himself as a woman with a red shawl and went to Mr. Goon's house to make a complaint. She was very voluble and had a lot of complaints, Mr. Goon told her to go and put it in writing. He got fed up after she still knocked on the door, so he sent Ern. Fatty poked Ern in the chest and gave him a note, and in his voice told him to tell him to go. Ern was so surprised but did it. His worship of Fatty went up a lot of notches.
5) The mystery of the Invisible Thief.
When Fatty was disguised as a tramp and went to see Colonel Cross about his shoes, he got a pair with the threads that looked like the ones they were looking for. In return, he weeded a bed in the garden. Mr. Good came along, looked over the wall and saw him weeding, he could not believe it (they had a run in before) and asked him what he was doing. Unfortunately he woke up the Colonel and he thought Mr. Goon was speaking to him, it was hilarious.
6) The mystery of the Strange Bundle.
When the Five needed to know where Mr. Fellows went running to. Fatty disguised himself and went to question the night watchmen if they had seen his Uncle Horatius, the one who wore pyjamas, red slippers and sleep walk. When he was asking the second watchmen, he did see someone and told Fatty . As Fatty was leaving he heard Mr. Goon asking the same question, Willie the night watchmen asked Mr. Goon if he was looing too for an Uncle who sleepwalk. Mr. Goon was so astonished but he suspected Fatty was the one asking the questions.
7) The mystery of the Missing Man.
When the Five went to the flea circus and took the bus. Fatty was disguised as someone who was looking for a job, they did not recognize him of course.
The mystery of the Strange Messages.When Fatty helped the Smith's - Mr. Smith went to the hospital and Fatty spoke to his mom about Mrs. Smith, she came to stay with them and helped - she was a brave woman. Ern helped a lot too, and I felt that Fatty's mom was very compassionate.
9) The mystery of Tally-Ho Cottage.
When Fatty disguised himself as an Eastern student and went to check out Tally-Ho, Larkin saw him and asked him his name, Fatty told him he was Mr. HoHo-Ha from Bong Castle, India. Larkin even wrote it down in his notebook.
10) The mystery of Banshee Towers.
When Ern was looking at the sea pictures and was so lost in them - and also when he noticed the little boat was gone from the picture. Hence the starting of the mystery.
Still read them ever so often and totally enjoy them, just like when i was younger. Although i know the plot, i still feel the suspense in the build up as the story goes along, till it ends.
