title: The Hunted Hare (The Aidan Mysteries)
author:  Fay Sampson 
description: Fay Sampson is a widely published author with a particular interest in fantasy and Celtic history. She has been shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize on three occasions and is a winner of the Barco de Vapor award.
zlib_text: ## CHAPTER I
  
  THE EXTRAORDINARY TELEGRAM
  
  
  
  
  
  Bets and Pip were waiting impatiently for Larry, Daisy and Fatty to come. Bets
  was on the window-seat of the playroom looking anxiously out of the window.
  
  
  I wish theyd buck up, she said. After all, they came home from boarding-
  school yesterday, and theyve had plenty of time to come along. I do want to
  know if Fattys got any more disguises and things.
  
  
  I suppose you think therell be another first-class mystery for us to solve
  these hols, said Pip. Golly, that was a wizard one we had in the Christmas
  hols, wasnt it?
  
  
  Yes, said Bets. A bit too wizard. I wouldnt really mind not having a
  mystery these hols.
  
  
  Bets! And I thought you were such a keen detective! said Pip. Dont you
  want to be a Find-Outer any more?
  
  
  Of course I do. Dont be silly! said Bets.
  
  
  I know you dont think Im much use, because Im the youngest and only nine,
  and youre all in your teens now - but I did help an awful lot last time, when
  we 