3 THE BIG TREE

CHAPTER THREE THE BIG TREE EVERYONE WAS full of ideas. 'We could bring some small boards to put across the branches and make a proper little platform,' said Colin. 'We've got some in our shed at home.' 'And rope to tie them on with,' said Jack. 'Yes, and cushions to sit on,' said Pam. 'Only we'd have to stuff them in the hole in the tree whenever we left, in case it rained.' 'Can't do that. The hole's not big enough,' said Jack. 'Well, I could bring an old waterproof sheet– a rubber one– to cover up any of our things when we leave,' said Barbara. 'Then they

每个人都充满了想法。 “我们可以拿一些小木板，把它们搭在树枝上，做一个合适的小平台。”科林说。 “我们家里的小屋里有一些。“还有绳子把它们绑起来，”杰克说。 “是的，还有坐垫，”潘说。 “只是我们每次离开的时候都得把它们塞进树洞里，以防下雨。“那可不行。” “这个洞不够大。”杰克说。 “嗯，我可以带一张旧的防水纸——一块橡胶的——在我们离开的时候把我们的东西遮起来。”芭芭拉说。 “然后他们

would be quite all right.' 'Good idea,' said Peter, scribbling fast in his notebook. 'Any more ideas?' 'Stores for the cubby-hole in the tree,' said Janet. 'Unbreakable mugs and things like that. I'll bring those. Mummy always lets us have them when we want them, so long as we take them back sometime.' 'This is fine,' said Peter, scribbling quickly. 'Boards to make a platform. You can bring those, Colin.' 'Rope to tie them with,' said Jack. 'I'll bring that.' 'Cushions for me,' said Pam. 'Rubber sheet for me,' said Barbara. 'Mugs for me,' said Janet. 'What about you, George?' 'I'll bring some food for the cubby-hole,' said George. 'Great!' said Peter. 'And I'll bring the drinks. Gosh, we're going to have a glorious time. It

很好。“好主意。”彼得说着，在笔记本上飞快地写着。 “还有别的主意吗？”“为树上的小洞准备的东西，”珍妮特说。 “牢不可破的马克杯之类的东西。 我会拿来的。妈妈总是在我们想要的时候给我们，只要我们有时间把它们拿回来。“这很好。”彼得说着，飞快地写着。 用木板做平台。 你可以把那些带来，科林。“用绳子把它们绑起来，”杰克说。 “我会拿来的。“给我的坐垫，”潘说。 “给我橡皮板，”芭芭拉说。 “我要马克杯，”珍妮特说。 “你呢，乔治？”“我去给小木屋带些吃的来，”乔治说。 “太好了!彼得说。“我去拿饮料。 天哪，我们会有一段美好的时光。 它

will be a wonderful meeting-place. Don't you go and tell that awful sister of yours, Jack.' 'As if I'd tell Susie!' said Jack, indignantly. 'When shall we begin to make the tree-house?' 'Why not tomorrow?' said Peter. 'Nobody is going away on holiday just yet. It shouldn't take us long to put everything together up here. This place is just made for a tree-house!' A loud and mournful howl rose up from the foot of the tree. Then there came a scrabbling noise. 'Oh, poor Scamper!' said Janet. 'He's been as good as anything waiting for us. I guess he wishes he could climb like our cat. He'd be up beside us in half a jiffy!' 'We're coming, Scamper,' called Peter. He took one last look round the tree. 'It really couldn't be better,' he said. 'And there's only one more thing to hope for.' 'What's that?' asked Jack, beginning to climb down.

将是一个很棒的聚会场所。 别去告诉你那个讨厌的妹妹，杰克。“好像我会告诉苏西似的！”杰克气愤地说。 “我们什么时候开始做树屋？”“为什么不明天呢？”彼得说。 “现在还没有人要出去度假。 我们应该不用花很长时间就能把这里的一切都整理好。 这地方真适合做树屋！”一声凄厉的嚎叫从树下响起。 接着，传来了一阵抓挠的声音。 “噢，可怜的斯坎普！”珍妮特说。 “他一直在等着我们。 我猜他希望他能像我们家的猫一样爬树。 他马上就到我们身边了！“我们来了，斯坎普。”彼得喊道。 他最后朝树四周看了一眼。 他说，这真是再好不过了。 “还有一件事可以指望。“那是什么？”杰克问，开始往下爬。

'Something for the Secret Seven to do,' said Peter. 'We haven't had any adventure or mystery or excitement for ages.' 'I'm glad you said that,' said Pam. 'When you say things never happen– they always do!' 'I hope you're right,' said Peter. He parted the leaves of the tree behind him. 'What a long way we can see!' he said. 'Right over the wood, and across to the hill. I can see the road winding up the hill too, and cars on it.' 'Come on,' called Jack, who was half-way down the tree now. 'It's getting late. I shall get into a row, I know I shall. My mother says our meetings always last an hour too long!' 'Well, this was a really good one anyhow,' said Colin, slithering down much too fast. 'Gosh, now I've torn my shorts.' 'I should think so, going down the tree as if it was a slippery-slip!' said Barbara. Scamper gave them a tremendous welcome. He leapt on one after another as the Secret

“这是七个人要做的事。”彼得说。 “我们已经很久没有任何冒险、神秘或刺激了。“我很高兴你这么说，”潘说。 “你说事情从来没有发生过——它们总是发生的！”“我希望你是对的，”彼得说。 他把身后那棵树的叶子分开。 “我们能看到多远的路啊！”他说。 “就在树林那边，到小山那边去。 我还能看到那条蜿蜒上山的路，还有路上的汽车。“来吧，”杰克喊道，他现在已经走到树下一半了。 “时间不早了。我会发火的，我知道我会的。 我妈妈说我们的会议总是多开一个小时！“嗯，不管怎么说，这确实是个好主意。”科林说，滑得太快了。 “天哪，现在我的短裤破了。“我想是这样，从树上下来就像滑倒一样！”芭芭拉说。 斯坎普热烈欢迎他们。 他一个接一个地跳上了秘密

Seven jumped down to the ground, barking and licking with all his might. Peter laughed. 'Poor old Scamper– you won't like our new meeting-place, will you? Hey– look– what about giving Scamper that hole over there as a kind of kennel when we are up the tree?' He pointed to what looked almost like a small cave in a nearby tree. It was old and rotten, and a hole had appeared at the foot of its trunk. It would just about fit Scamper. 'We could put one of his rugs in there, and a bone, so that he would know it was his place,' said Peter. 'And we could say, "On guard, Scamper!" to him, so that he would stay there till we came down.' 'Oh yes– he would be our sentinel,' said George. 'He'd make an awfully good one. He would bark as soon as anyone came near.' They all felt happy now that they had made a good plan for Scamper. He wouldn't be able to come up the tree and join their meetings as

“七”跳到地上，用尽全力又叫又舔。 彼得笑了。“可怜的老斯坎普——你不会喜欢我们的新聚会地点的，是吗？” 嘿——瞧——我们上了树以后，把那边那个洞给斯坎普当狗窝怎么样？”他指了指附近一棵树上的一个小洞。 这棵树又老又烂，树干底部出现了一个洞。 这正好适合斯坎普。 “我们可以在那儿放一块他的地毯，再放一块骨头，这样他就会知道这是他的地方了。”彼得说。 我们可以对他说：‘斯坎普，小心点！’这样他就会呆在那儿，等我们下来。“哦，是的——他会是我们的哨兵。”乔治说。 "他会是一个非常好的人选。 只要有人靠近，它就会吠叫。”他们现在都很高兴，因为他们为斯坎普制定了一个很好的计划。 他就不能爬到树上去参加他们的会议了

he did in the shed– but at least he would be doing something for them and feeling important because he was on guard. 'Woof,' said Scamper, exactly as if he understood every word, and agreed thoroughly. He wagged his tail and ran in front of them. He knew it was dinner-time, if they didn't!

他在棚子里是这样做的——但至少他会为他们做点什么，并且因为他在警惕而感到自己很重要。 “汪，”斯坎珀说，好像他完全听懂了每一个字，完全同意了。 他摇着尾巴跑到他们前面。 他知道这是吃晚饭的时间，如果他们没有！