5 Exciting plans

CHAPTER FIVE Exciting plans NEXT MORNING Janet went down to the shed by herself. Peter was brushing Scamper. He was well and truly brushed every single morning, so it was no wonder his coat shone so beautifully. 'Just open the shed and give it an airing,' ordered Peter. 'We shan't be using it today. There won't be any meeting yet.' Janet skipped down the path, humming. She took the key from its hiding-place– a little ledge beneath the roof of the shed– and slipped it into the lock. She opened the door. The shed smelt rather stuffy. She left the door open and went to open the little window too. When she turned round she saw Jack's

第五章激动人心的计划第二天早上，珍妮特独自下楼到小屋。 彼得正在给斯坎普刷牙。 他每天早上都刷得很干净，难怪他的外套那么漂亮。 “打开棚子，让它透透气。”彼得命令道。 “我们今天不用它。 还不会有什么会议。”珍妮特边走边哼着歌。 她从藏钥匙的地方——小屋屋顶下的一个小窗台上——拿出钥匙，插进锁里。 她打开了门。这棚子闻起来很闷。 她让门开着，也去打开小窗户。 当她转过身时，她看到了杰克的

note on the floor. At first she thought it was an odd piece of waste paper, and she picked it up and crumpled it, meaning to throw it away. Then she caught sight of a word on the outside of the folded paper. 'URGENT. VERY IMPORTANT INDEED.' She was astonished. She opened the paper out and glanced down it. Her mouth fell open in amazement. She raced out of the shed at top speed, yelling for Peter. 'Peter! PETER! Where are you? Something's happened, quick!' Her mother heard her and called to her. 'Janet, Janet, what's the matter, dear? What's happened?' 'Oh– nothing, Mummy,' called back Janet, suddenly remembering that this was Secret Society business. 'Well, why are you screeching for Peter like

地板上的纸条。起初，她以为这是一张奇怪的废纸，她把它捡起来揉成一团，打算扔掉。 这时，她看见折叠的纸外面有一个字。 “紧迫。确实非常重要。”她很吃惊。 她把报纸打开，往下看了一眼。 她惊讶得张大了嘴。 她以最快的速度冲出小屋，大声喊着彼得。 “彼得!彼得!你在哪里？ 出事了，快！”她的母亲听到了她的声音，大声叫她。 “珍妮特，珍妮特，怎么了，亲爱的？” 发生了什么事?“哦——没什么，妈妈。”珍妮特回答，突然想起这是秘密社团的事。 “好吧，你为什么要叫彼得。

that?' said her mother. 'You made me jump.' Janet flew up the stairs to where Peter was still brushing Scamper. 'Peter! Didn't you hear me calling? I tell you, something's happened!' 'What is it?' asked Peter, surprised. 'Look– I found this paper when I went to the shed this morning,' said Janet, and she gave him Jack's note. 'It's marked "Urgent. Very Important Indeed". Look what it says inside.' Peter read out loud what Jack had written: Peter, call a meeting of the Secret Seven at once. Very important Mystery to solve. It happened to me last night about half-past nine. Get the others together at ten if you can. I'll be there. Jack

了吗?她母亲说。“你吓了我一跳。”珍妮特飞奔上楼，彼得还在给斯坎珀刷牙。 “彼得!你没听到我的呼唤吗？ 我告诉你，出事了！“什么事？”彼得吃惊地问。 “瞧——今天早上我去棚子的时候发现了这张纸，”珍妮特说，她把杰克的便条给了他。 “上面写着‘紧急’。确实非常重要”。 看看里面写的是什么。”彼得大声念着杰克写的东西：彼得，立刻召集七人秘密小组开会。 非常重要的谜题。 这件事发生在我昨晚九点半左右。 如果可以的话，10点把其他人叫到一起。 我会去的。杰克

'What on earth does he mean?' said Peter, in wonder. 'Something happened to him last night? Well, why is it such a mystery then? I expect he's exaggerating.' 'He's not, he's not. I'm sure he's not,' cried Janet, dancing from one foot to another in her excitement. 'Jack doesn't exaggerate, you know he doesn't. Shall I go and tell the others to come at ten if they can? Peter, it's exciting. It's a mystery!' 'You wait and see what the mystery is before you get all worked up,' said Peter, who,

“他到底是什么意思？”彼得惊奇地问。 “他昨晚出了什么事？” 那为什么还这么神秘呢？ 我想他是在夸大其词。“他没有，他没有。” “我敢肯定他不是，”珍妮特叫道，兴奋得跳来跳去。 “杰克没有夸大其词，你知道他没有。 我去告诉其他人，如果可以的话，他们十点钟来好吗？ 彼得，这很令人兴奋。这是个谜！“你等一等，看看究竟是怎么回事，再激动起来。”

however, was beginning to feel rather thrilled himself. 'I'll go and tell Colin and George– you can tell the girls.' Janet sped off in one direction and Peter in another. How lovely to have to call a meeting already– and about something so exciting too. It was about half-past nine when the two came back. Everyone had promised to come. They were all very anxious to know what Jack had got to say. 'Remember your badges,' Janet said to the two girls. 'You won't be admitted to an important meeting like this unless you know the password and have your badge.' Everyone turned up early, eager to hear the news. Everyone remembered the password, too. 'Weekdays!' and the door was opened and shut. 'Weekdays,' and once more the door was opened and shut. Member after member

然而，他自己也开始感到相当激动。 “我去告诉科林和乔治——你可以告诉姑娘们。”珍妮特朝一个方向飞奔而去，彼得朝另一个方向飞奔而去。 已经召开会议了，而且是关于这么令人兴奋的事情，真是太好了。 两人回来时大约是九点半。 每个人都答应来。 他们都急于想知道杰克要说些什么。 “记住你们的徽章，”珍妮特对两个女孩说。 “像这样重要的会议，除非你知道密码并带着徽章，否则你是不会被允许参加的。”每个人都很早就来了，渴望听到这个消息。 每个人也都记得密码。 “工作日!门开了又关。 “平日。”于是门又开了又关。 一个又一个成员

passed in, wearing the badge and murmuring the password. Both Colin and George had their badges this morning. George had found his and Colin's mother had already made him one. Jack was the last of all to arrive, which was most annoying because everyone was dying to hear what he had to say. But he came at last. 'Weekdays,' said his voice softly, outside the shed door. It opened and he went in. Everybody looked at him expectantly. 'We got your note, and warned all the members to attend this meeting,' said Peter. 'What's up, Jack? Is it really important?' 'Well, you listen and see,' said Jack, and he sat down on the box left empty for him. 'It happened last night.' He began to tell his story– how he had missed his badge and felt certain he had dropped it in the field where the snowmen were– how he had slipped out with his torch

他戴着徽章，喃喃地说出了密码，走了进去。 科林和乔治今早都领了警徽。 乔治已经找到了他的，科林的妈妈已经给他做了一个。 杰克是最后一个到的，这是最令人恼火的，因为每个人都迫不及待地想听他要说什么。 但他最后还是来了。“工作日，”他在小屋门外轻声说。 门开了，他走了进去。每个人都期待地看着他。 “我们收到了你的通知，并警告所有成员参加这次会议，”彼得说。 “怎么了，杰克？”这真的很重要吗？“好吧，你听着看吧，”杰克说着，在空盒子上坐了下来。 “昨晚发生的事。”他开始讲述他的故事——他是如何弄丢了他的徽章，并确信他把它掉在雪人所在的田野里了——他是如何拿着手电筒溜出去的