2 A WONDERFUL IDEA

CHAPTER TWO A WONDERFUL IDEA THE SECRET Seven discussed the new idea. They all thought it very good indeed. Colin felt very proud to think he had given them such a good idea. 'If we could find a big enough tree, and flat enough branches, we could make a very fine meeting-place there,' said Peter. 'We could take up boards and boxes and cushions, and make a little store-place for biscuits and drinks and books and things.' 'It would be super,' said Janet. 'Nobody would ever guess we were there, and nobody could possibly hear what we say.'

七个人讨论了这个新主意。 他们都认为这确实很好。 柯林想到自己给他们出了这么好的主意，感到非常自豪。 “如果我们能找到一棵足够大的树，有足够平坦的树枝，我们就可以在那里做一个很好的集合地点。”彼得说。 “我们可以搬些木板、箱子和靠垫，做个小储藏室，放些饼干、饮料、书和其他东西。“那太好了，”珍妮特说。 “没有人会猜到我们在那里，也没有人可能听到我们说的话。”

'Let's get out of this hot shed and go and find somewhere now,' said Colin. 'I know exactly what an ice-cream feels like when it begins to melt. As for poor old Scamper, he's panting as if he's run a race.' So he was. His pink tongue hung out, long and wavy, and he panted loudly. Peter got up. 'Come on, old boy. You can have a drink at the stream when we go past.' They took the biscuit-tin with them, but they all had a drink of the orangeade before they left. Scamper rushed on to the stream as soon as he knew they were going that way. 'Hey!– don't drink all the stream!' called Peter. Scamper lapped and lapped. They went on their way and left him still lapping. 'We'll go to Windy Woods,' said Colin. 'There are some enormous trees there, easy to climb too.' They came to Windy Woods. It was cool and shady there. 'Now let's look carefully and

“我们现在离开这个热棚子，去找个地方吧。”柯林说。 “我很清楚冰淇淋开始融化时的感觉。 至于可怜的老斯坎普，他气喘吁吁，好像参加了赛跑似的。”他确实是。 他粉红色的舌头伸出来，又长又波，他大声地喘着气。 彼得站了起来。“来吧，老伙计。 我们经过的时候，你可以在小溪边喝一杯。”他们带走了饼干罐，但他们在离开之前都喝了一杯橙汁。 斯坎普一知道他们要往那条路走，就向小溪冲去。 “嘿!-别把溪水都喝光！彼得叫道。 蹦蹦跳跳地跳啊跳啊。 他们走了，留下他还在舔着。 “我们去风森林。”柯林说。 “那里有一些高大的树，也很容易爬。”他们来到了风森林。 那里阴凉凉爽。 “现在让我们仔细看看。

see if we can spot a good tree,' said Jack. 'Big enough to hold all the Secret Seven!' 'What about Scamper?' said Janet, suddenly. 'He can't climb a tree. He won't be able to come to the meetings.' 'We could make him a sort of harness, and pull him up,' said George. 'He'd hate that,' said Peter. 'Anyway he's not really a member. He needn't come. Or he could sit at the bottom of the tree and guard us.' 'Oh yes! He could bark if anyone came near,' said Barbara. 'He would be a fine gatekeeper.' 'Tree-keeper!' said Pam. 'Look, what about this tree? It's enormous.' 'No good,' said Peter, looking up at the great beech. 'No low-down branches to climb up on. We must have a tree that's easy to climb, or we'll spend all our time getting up and down.' They separated, and began to look for likely

“看看能不能找到一棵好树。”杰克说。 “大到可以装下所有的七个秘密人物！”“斯坎普怎么样？”珍妮特突然说。 “他不会爬树。他不能来参加会议了。“我们可以给他做一种挽具，把他拉上去，”乔治说。 “他会讨厌的。”彼得说。 “不管怎么说，他并不是真正的会员。 他不必来。或者他可以坐在树底下保护我们。“哦，是的！”“如果有人走近，他就会吠叫。”芭芭拉说。 “他会是一个很好的看门人。“Tree-keeper !潘说。 “看，这棵树怎么样？” 这是巨大的。“不行。”彼得抬头看着那棵大山毛榉说。 “没有低矮的树枝可以爬上去。 我们必须有一棵容易爬的树，否则我们会把所有的时间都花在上下爬上。”他们分开了，开始寻找可能

trees. There didn't seem to be so many after all. George found one that he thought was just right, but when he climbed up a little way he soon saw that it was impossible to have any kind of house up there. 'No good!' he called down. 'The branches criss-cross too much and are far too thick.' Down he came, and then Jack shouted out. 'Come here, all of you. What about this tree?' They ran up and looked at Jack's tree. 'Yes,' said Colin, 'that really does look a likely one. One low branch waist-high to climb on– places to put your feet up the trunk after that– another branch there to cling to– and what looks like a nice lot of flattish branches halfway up. I'll shin up and see.' 'No, I'll go,' said Jack. 'I found it. You come after.' He stood on the low branch and then made his way up, putting his feet on to jutting-out pieces of the trunk that really seemed made

树。似乎并没有那么多。 乔治找到了一座他认为正合适的房子，但当他爬上一段路时，他很快发现那里不可能有任何房子。 “不好!他朝下喊道。 “树枝交错太多，太粗了。”他下来了，然后杰克大叫起来。 “你们都到这儿来。这棵树怎么样？”他们跑上去看杰克的树。 “是的，”柯林说，“看起来确实很像。 一根齐腰高的低树枝可以爬上去，然后把脚放在树干上，另一根树枝可以抓住，还有一堆看起来很平坦的树枝。 我上楼去看看。“不，我去，”杰克说。 “我找到了。你先来。”他站在矮矮的树枝上，然后爬了上去，把脚踩在树干突出的部分上，这些部分似乎真的已经做好了

for footholds! Boughs spread out in just the right places to hold on to, and then Jack came to the place where branches grew out level from the great tree trunk. 'It's fine!' he called down. 'There are about six branches here, all on the same level, more or less, and there's a hole in the trunk too. It would make a fine cupboard. Come on up! There's room for everyone!' The others climbed up in excitement. Peter came last of all, in case anyone got stuck and wanted help. But it was such an easy tree to climb that nobody wanted any help at all. 'It's the biggest tree in the wood, I should think,' said Peter, when they were all sitting on the platform of branches. 'What luck to have so many broad branches all about the same level. Where's the hole you told us about, Jack?' 'Here,' said Jack, and moved away from the part of the trunk he was leaning against. The

为立足点!树枝在合适的地方伸展开来，杰克来到了一个地方，那里的大树干上长出了整齐的树枝。 “这很好!他朝下喊道。 “这里大约有六根树枝，差不多都在同一水平面上，树干上也有一个洞。 这将是一个很好的橱柜。 上来吧！每个人都有地方坐！”其他人兴奋地爬了上去。 彼得是最后一个来的，以防有人被困住需要帮助。 但这是一棵很容易爬上的树，没有人需要任何帮助。 “我想这是树林里最大的树。”当他们都坐在树枝搭建的平台上时，彼得说。 “真幸运，这么多粗大的树枝都在同一高度。 你跟我们说的那个洞在哪里，杰克？“这儿，”杰克说着，离开了他倚着的那部分箱子。 的

others saw a very large hole. Jack thrust his hand in and felt round it. 'It goes down about a metre– or just under,' he said. 'It would make a good store-place for us, just what we want. Well, shall we make this our Secret Seven Tree, our new meeting- place?' 'Oh yes,' said everyone at once, and they began to talk about what they would do to make it a proper tree-house. Peter took out a notebook. 'Now,' he said, 'suggestions and ideas one at a time please. I'll write them all down.'

其他人看到了一个非常大的洞。 杰克把手伸进去摸了摸。 他说：“它在水下大约一米，或者就在一米以下。” “这对我们来说是个很好的储藏地点，正合我们的心意。 好吧，我们把这里作为我们的秘密七树，我们的新聚会地点好吗？“哦，是的，”大家异口同声地说，然后他们开始讨论怎样才能把它变成一个真正的树屋。 彼得拿出一本笔记本。 “现在，”他说，“请一个一个地提建议和想法。 我把它们都写下来。”