4 MAKING THE TREE-HOUSE

CHAPTER FOUR MAKING THE TREE-HOUSE THE NEXT day was really very exciting. If anyone had been in Windy Woods he or she would have been most astonished to see the file of children going down the path, each carrying some kind of load. They had all met at Peter's house with their goods. Janet, his sister, had mugs and plates and spoons. Colin had a set of boards, which Jack had to help him with. Jack had coiled yards and yards of rope round his waist and looked really most peculiar. Barbara was carrying a big rubber sheet

第四章做树屋第二天真的很令人兴奋。 如果有人去过风林，他或她会非常惊讶地看到孩子们沿着小路行进，每个人都拿着某种东西。 他们都带着他们的货物在彼得家集合。 他的妹妹珍妮特有马克杯、盘子和勺子。 科林有一套板子，杰克得帮他做。 杰克的腰上缠着好几码的绳子，看上去真怪。 芭芭拉拿着一块大橡皮板

carefully folded, and she was helping Pam with a set of old cushions. 'They're a bit dirty and flattened out,' said Pam, 'but I didn't think that would matter. I got them out of the garden shed, they've been there ages. I could only find six, so we'll have to get another somewhere.' Janet ran to get one from her garden shed, where the Secret Seven usually held their meetings. That made seven cushions, one for everyone. George had some chocolate, and also a great big tin of mixed biscuits. 'Mother gave me them,' he said. 'She says your mother keeps supplying our Society with food, and it's her turn now.' 'Wonderful,' said Peter, with much approval. 'What a smashing tin!' He had taken some money from his money-box and bought a bottle of lemonade and one of orangeade, and he also had two bottles full of water to use

她正在帮帕姆整理一套旧靠垫。 “它们有点脏，又扁了，”帕姆说，“但我不认为这有什么关系。 我把它们从花园的棚子里拿出来的，它们在那儿放了很久了。 我只能找到六个，所以我们得另找一个。”珍妮特跑去她的花园小屋拿了一个，那里是秘密七人经常开会的地方。 一共做了七个靠垫，每人一个。 乔治吃了一些巧克力，还有一大罐混合饼干。 “妈妈给我的，”他说。 “她说你母亲一直为我们协会提供食物，现在该轮到她了。“太好了。”彼得赞许地说。 “多厉害的一个铁罐！”他从储蓄罐里取出一些钱，买了一瓶柠檬水和一瓶橙汁，还有两瓶水要用

with the drinks. Even Scamper had to carry something! He had one of his little rugs rolled up tightly and tied with string. He was carrying it in his mouth, feeling most important. He loved it when the children really let him take part in everything they were doing. 'Wooooooof-woof,' he said, with his mouth full of rug. 'He says he likes to be carrying something like everyone else,' said Janet. 'That's right, isn't it, Scamper?' Scamper wagged his tail, and almost dropped his rug in his longing to bark properly. 'Ooooof,' he said. The Seven set off down the path, came to Windy Woods, and made their way to their tree. 'We ought to carve S.S. on the trunk, for Secret Seven,' said Pam. 'Well, we can't,' said Peter. 'My father says

和饮料一起。就连斯坎普也得带点东西！他把他的一个小地毯紧紧地卷起来，用绳子系好。 他把它含在嘴里，觉得自己是最重要的。 他喜欢孩子们真的让他参与他们所做的一切。 “呜——呜——呜，”他嘴里塞满了地毯，说道。 “他说他喜欢像其他人一样背着东西，”珍妮特说。 “没错，是不是，斯坎普？”斯坎普摇着尾巴，想要好好地吠叫，差点把毯子掉了。 “哦——”他说。七兄弟沿着小路出发，来到风林，向他们的树走去。 “我们应该在箱子上刻上S.S.，代表秘密七号。”帕姆说。 “嗯，我们不能。”彼得说。 我父亲说

that scribbling on walls and pavements and carving on trees is only done by idiots. And if anyone in the Secret Seven wants to be an idiot he can jolly well get out.' 'I only said we ought to carve S.S.,' said Pam, quite hurt. 'I didn't mean that we should. You know I'm not a hooligan.' 'Yes. I do know,' said Peter. 'I was only just telling you what my father said. Let's make Scamper his little sentry-box place before we go up the tree.' It was fun showing Scamper his 'sentry-box'. He sniffed all round, and then sat down at the entrance, his mouth open as if he were smiling. 'He's pleased. He's smiling,' said Janet. 'Come out, Scamper and we'll put your rug in. Then you'll know this is your own place– your sentry-box. And you're the sentinel on guard. ON GUARD, Scamper. You know what that means, don't you?'

只有白痴才会在墙上、人行道上乱涂乱画，在树上乱刻。 如果秘密七人组里有人想当傻瓜，他完全可以滚出去。“我只是说我们应该刻s。s。”帕姆很伤心地说。 “我不是说我们应该这么做。 你知道我不是流氓。“是的。 “我知道。”彼得说。“我只是在告诉你我父亲说的话。 在我们爬上树之前，先给斯坎普找个小岗亭吧。”向斯坎普展示他的“岗亭”很有趣。 他四处嗅了嗅，然后在门口坐了下来，张着嘴，好像在微笑。 他的高兴。“他在笑，”珍妮特说。 “出来吧，斯坎普，我们给你铺地毯。 然后你就会知道这是你自己的地方——你的岗亭。 而你是站岗的哨兵。 警惕，斯坎普。你知道那是什么意思，对吧？”

'Woof,' said Scamper, and looked suddenly serious. He ran out. Peter stuffed his rug into the hole. Then he dropped a bone there for Scamper, and then he put an old cap of his in the hole too. 'On guard, Scamper,' he said, pointing. 'On guard, old fellow. Very important. Guard my cap for me till I come back. On guard!' Scamper went back into the hole, sniffed solemnly at the cap, then at the bone. He turned round and sat himself upright at the entrance to the hole again, looking important. Nothing would now make him leave his 'sentry-box' until Peter told him he might. He was a very, very good guard when he knew he had to be. 'Now we can get on with our own job without old Scamper leaping round us and barking and getting in the way all the time,' said Peter. 'Let's tie the boards and the rubber sheet to the ropes– then one of us can go up

“汪，”斯坎珀说，突然显得严肃起来。 他跑了出去。彼得把地毯塞进洞里。 然后他扔了一根骨头给斯坎普，然后他把他的一顶旧帽子也放进了洞里。 “提防着，斯坎普，”他指着说。 “站岗，老伙计。非常重要的。 替我保管我的帽子，直到我回来。 警惕!”斯坎普回到洞里，严肃地嗅了嗅帽子，又嗅了嗅骨头。 他转过身来，又在洞口坐直了身子，显得很神气。 现在什么也不能使他离开他的“岗亭”，除非彼得允许他离开。 当他知道自己必须成为一名出色的后卫时，他是一名非常出色的后卫。 “现在我们可以干自己的活了，不用老斯坎普围着我们跳来跳去，又叫又闹，碍事了。”彼得说。 “让我们把木板和橡皮板绑在绳子上，然后我们中的一个就可以上去了。

the tree with the rope-end, and pull the whole lot up at once.' This seemed a very good idea, but wasn't. Peter didn't tie the ropes securely enough round the boards– and as Jack was hauling the package up the tree, a rope slipped and down came all the boards and the rubber sheet, bumping and slipping against the tree! One board hit Colin on the shoulder, and the rubber sheet unfolded and fell neatly over Pam's head. The others squealed with laughter as Pam yelled and struck out, wondering what had happened to her. 'Oh dear– sorry!' said Peter, pulling the sheet off poor Pam. 'We'll tie the things more firmly this time.' 'You let me tie them,' said Colin, rubbing his shoulder. 'I'm not going to have a shower of heavy boards fall on me again!' 'This is fun,' said George. 'This is really fun! I bet nobody ever had such fun making a tree- house before!'

用绳子把那棵树拉起来，马上把所有的树都拉上来。”这似乎是一个很好的主意，但事实并非如此。 彼得没有把绳子牢牢地绑在木板上——当杰克把包裹拉到树上时，一根绳子滑了下来，所有的木板和橡皮板都掉了下来，在树上颠簸着打滑！一块木板打在科林的肩膀上，橡皮板展开，整齐地落在帕姆的头上。 当帕姆大喊大叫，三振出局时，其他人都笑得尖叫起来，想知道她发生了什么事。 “哦，天哪——对不起！”彼得说着，拉开可怜的帕姆身上的被单。 “这次我们要把这些东西绑得更牢。“你让我来系吧。”柯林搓着肩膀说。 “我可不想再被一阵沉重的木板砸到！”“这很有趣，”乔治说。 “这真的很有趣！”我敢打赌，以前从来没有人做树屋有过这样的乐趣！”