1 THE SECRET SEVEN MEET

SECRET SEVEN Well Done, Secret Seven

秘密七干得好，秘密七

CHAPTER ONE THE SECRET SEVEN MEET 'WHERE'S MY badge? Where's my badge?' said Janet. 'I know I put it into this drawer.' And out of the drawer came handkerchiefs, socks, and ribbons, flying in the air. 'Janet!' said Mummy, crossly. 'Do look what you are doing– I only tidied that drawer this morning. What is it you want– your Secret Seven Badge?' 'Yes! There's a meeting this morning, and I can't go without my badge,' said Janet. 'Peter wouldn't let me into the shed, I know he wouldn't. He's awfully strict about badges.'

第一章秘密七人会面我的徽章在哪里？ 我的徽章呢？珍妮特说。 “我知道我把它放在这个抽屉里了。”从抽屉里拿出手帕、袜子和缎带，在空中飞舞。 “珍妮特!妈妈生气地说。 “看看你在做什么——我今天早上才整理过那个抽屉。 你想要什么，你的七号秘密徽章吗？“是的!“今天上午有个会议，我不带徽章就去不了。”珍妮特说。 “彼得不会让我进小屋的，我知道他不会的。 他对徽章的要求非常严格。”

And away went another shower of handkerchiefs into the air. 'Well, you certainly won't find it in the drawer now,' said Mummy, and she bent and picked up a little round badge with the letters S.S. worked neatly on it. 'You have thrown it out of the drawer with your hankies, silly!' 'Oh, give it to me, Mummy, give it to me!' cried Janet. But Mummy wouldn't. 'No. You pick up all those things first and tidy them in the drawer,' she said. 'But the Secret Seven meet in five minutes!' cried Janet. 'Peter's down in our shed already.' 'Then you can be late,' said Mummy, and walked out of the room with the little badge! Janet groaned. She picked up everything and stuffed it back into the drawer as tidily as she could in a hurry. Then she tore downstairs. 'I've done it, Mummy, and I promise I'll do it better when the meeting is over.' Mummy laughed. She held out the little

接着，又一阵手绢雨点向空中飞去。 “好吧，你现在肯定不会在抽屉里找到它了。”妈妈说着，弯下腰拿起一个小小的圆形徽章，上面写着S.S. 做得很好。“你用手帕把它从抽屉里扔出去了，傻瓜！”“哦，把它给我，妈妈，把它给我！”珍妮特叫道。 但是妈妈不会。“不。“你先把所有的东西捡起来，整理到抽屉里，”她说。 “可是秘密七人会在五分钟后见面！”珍妮特叫道。 “彼得已经在我们的棚子里了。“那你可以迟到，”妈妈说，然后拿着小徽章走出了房间！珍妮特呻吟着。 她把所有的东西都捡起来，匆匆忙忙地尽可能整齐地塞回抽屉里。 然后她飞奔下楼。“我已经做好了，妈妈，我保证会议结束后我会做得更好。”妈妈笑了。 她把小的拿了出来

badge to Janet. 'Here you are. You and your Secret Seven meetings! How you can bear to meet in that stuffy little shed in this hot weather I don't know! Must you keep the door and the window shut all the time?' 'We have to,' said Janet, pinning on the badge proudly. 'It's a very Secret Society, and we can't have anyone listening to our meetings. Not that much has happened lately. We really need something to liven us up– an adventure like the last one.' 'Take the biscuit-tin down with you,' said Mummy. 'And you can have a bottle of orangeade. Here's Scamper come to find you!' The lovely golden spaniel came trotting into the room. 'Woof,' he said to Janet. 'Woof!' 'Yes, yes– I know I'm late,' said Janet, giving him a pat. 'I suppose Peter sent you to fetch me. Come along. Thanks for the biscuits and orangeade, Mummy.' She went down the garden path, hugging

徽章送给珍妮特。“给你。 你和你的七大秘密会议！我真不知道，这么热的天气，你们怎么能忍受在那个闷热的小棚子里见面！你必须一直关着门窗吗？“我们必须这么做，”珍妮特说着，骄傲地把徽章别在胸前。 “这是一个非常秘密的社团，我们不能让任何人听到我们的会议。 最近并没有发生太多事情。 我们真的需要一些让我们振作起来的东西——像上次那样的冒险。“把饼干罐拿下来，”妈妈说。 “你可以喝一瓶橙汁。 斯坎普来找你了！”那只可爱的金色猎犬小跑着走进房间。 “汪，”他对珍妮特说。“汪!”“是的，是的——我知道我迟到了，”珍妮特说着拍拍他。 “我想是彼得派你来接我的。 到来。妈妈，谢谢你的饼干和橘子汁。”她拥抱着，沿着花园小径走去

the biscuit-tin and the bottle of orangeade. As she came near the shed, she heard voices. It sounded as if all the other six were there! Janet banged on the door, and Scamper flung himself against it too. 'Password!' yelled six voices. 'Adventure!' yelled back Janet, giving the password for that week. No one could go to a meeting without saying the password. The door flew open, and Peter, Janet's brother, stood there, frowning. 'Any need to yell out the password like that?' he said. 'Sorry,' said Janet. 'You all yelled out at me, and I just yelled back. Anyway, there's no one to hear. Look, I've brought the biscuit-tin and some orangeade.' Peter looked to see if she had on her badge. He had seen his sister hunting madly for it ten minutes back, and he had made up his mind he wouldn't allow her in if she hadn't found it. But there it was, pinned to her dress.

饼干罐和一瓶橙汁。 当她走近小屋时，她听到了说话声。 听起来好像其他六个人都在！珍妮特砰地一声敲门，斯坎普也扑了上去。 “密码!六个声音喊道。 “冒险!珍妮特喊道，说出了那个星期的密码。 没有人可以不说密码就去开会。 门突然开了，珍妮特的弟弟彼得站在那里皱着眉头。 “有必要那样大声喊出密码吗？”他说。 “对不起，”珍妮特说。“你们都对我大吼大叫，我也只是回喊。 反正也没人听。 瞧，我带来了饼干罐和一些橘子汁。”彼得看了看她是否戴着警徽。 十分钟前，他看到妹妹在疯狂地寻找它，他打定主意，如果她找不到它，就不让她进来。 但它就在那儿，别在她的裙子上。

Janet went into the shed. Peter shut the door and bolted it. The window was shut too. The hot summer sun streamed in at the one window, and Janet blew out her cheeks. 'My goodness– it's boiling hot in here! Honestly, I shall melt.' 'We're all melting,' said Pam. 'I think this is a silly place to have our weekly meetings when it's so hot. Why can't we have them out in the woods somewhere, in the shade of a tree?' 'No,' said Jack at once. 'My sister Susie would always be hanging around– we wouldn't be a Secret Society any more.' 'Well, couldn't we think of somewhere cool and hidden, where nobody would find us?' said Colin. 'For instance, I've got a hiding- place in my garden where nobody can find me at all, and it's as cool and as hidden as can be.' 'Where is it?' asked Jack. 'Up a tree,' said Colin. 'We've a big tree with some broad branches half-way up, and

珍妮特走进小屋。彼得关上门，上了闩。 窗户也关着。炎热的夏日阳光从一扇窗户射进来，珍妮特吹起了脸颊。 “我的天哪——这儿热得滚烫！”老实说，我会融化的。“我们都在融化，”潘说。 “我觉得天气这么热，在这里开周会太蠢了。 为什么我们不能让他们在树林里的某个地方，在树荫下？“不，”杰克马上说。 “我妹妹苏茜会一直在我身边——我们不再是秘密社团了。“那么，我们就不能找个凉快又隐蔽的地方，没人会发现我们吗？”科林说。 “比方说，我在花园里有个藏身之处，谁也找不到我，那地方又凉快又隐蔽。“它在哪儿？”杰克问。 “在树上。”柯林说。“我们有一棵大树，中间有几根粗大的树枝