 They also meet their cousin Georgina, a surly, difficult girl, who tries hard to live like a boy and only answers to the name George.Despite an uncomfortable start, the cousins become firm friends and George introduces them to her beloved dog Timothy (Timmy), who secretly lives with a fisher boy in the village as George's parents will not allow her to keep Timmy.On their way to Kirrin Island, George shows her cousins a shipwreck, explaining it was her great-great-great grandfather's ship.