10 CALL A MEETING!

CHAPTER TEN CALL A MEETING! GEORGE WENT quickly along the road with Jeff. Jeff chuckled. 'I say, you and Jack fell for our little trick beautifully, didn't you? Susie's clever, she laid her plan well. We all talked at the tops of our voices so that Jack would be sure to hear. We knew he was hiding in the laurel bush.' George said nothing. He was angry that Susie and the Famous Five should have played a trick like that on the Secret Seven– angry that Jack had been so easily taken in– but, dear me, what curious results that trick had had!

第十章召集会议！乔治和杰夫在路上飞快地走着。 杰夫笑了。“我说，你和杰克很漂亮地上了我们的小圈套，是不是？” 苏茜很聪明，她的计划很周密。 我们都扯着嗓子说话，这样杰克肯定能听到。 我们知道他藏在月桂树丛里。”乔治什么也没说。 他很生气苏茜和著名的五人组竟然对秘密七人组开了这样的玩笑——他很生气杰克这么容易就被骗了——但是，天哪，这个玩笑产生了多么奇怪的结果啊！

Susie had mentioned Tigger's Barn just to make Jack and the Secret Seven think that the Famous Five had got hold of something that was going on there, and had talked about a make-believe Stumpy Dick and Twisty Tom. And lo and behold, something was going on there, not between Stumpy Dick and Twisty Tom, but between three mysterious fellows called Zeb, Larry, and had he heard the other man's name? No, he hadn't. 'You're quiet, George,' said Jeff, chuckling again. 'How did you enjoy your visit to Tigger's Barn? I bet it was a bit frightening!' 'It was,' said George, truthfully, and said no more. He wanted to think about everything carefully, to sort out all he had heard, to try and piece together what had happened. It was all jumbled up in his mind. One thing's certain, he thought, suddenly. We'll have to call a meeting of the Secret Seven. How strange that the Famous Five

苏茜提到跳跳虎的谷仓，只是为了让杰克和秘密七人组以为那五人组已经掌握了那里正在发生的事情，她还谈到了一个虚构的胖墩儿迪克和扭扭汤姆。 你瞧，那里发生了什么事，不是胖墩儿迪克和扭扭汤姆之间的事，而是三个神秘的家伙之间的事，他们分别叫泽布和拉里，他听到另一个人的名字了吗？ 不，他没有。“你很安静，乔治，”杰夫说，又咯咯地笑了起来。 “你在跳跳虎的谷仓玩得怎么样？” 我敢说那一定有点吓人！“是的，”乔治诚实地说，没有再说什么。 他想仔细考虑每件事，整理他听到的一切，试着把发生的事情拼凑起来。 这一切都在他的脑海里混乱不堪。 有一件事是肯定的，他突然想。 我们得召集七大秘密成员开会。 这有多奇怪

should have played a silly joke on us and led us to Something Big– another adventure, I'm sure. Susie's an idiot, but she's done the Secret Seven a very good turn! As soon as George got home he felt in his pocket for the note that Zeb had given him. He felt round anxiously. It would have been dreadful if he had lost it! But he hadn't. His fingers closed over the folded piece of paper. He took it out, his hand trembling with excitement. He opened it, and read it by the light of his bedroom lamp. Dear Charlie, Everything's ready and going OK. Can't see that anything can go wrong, but a fog would be very welcome as you can guess! Larry's looking after the points, we've arranged that. Don't forget the lorry, and get the tarpaulin truck cover marked with white at one corner. That'll save time in

应该跟我们开个愚蠢的玩笑，带我们去做一件大事——另一场冒险，我敢肯定。 苏茜是个白痴，但她对秘密七人帮了大忙！乔治一到家就在口袋里摸着泽布给他的纸条。 他焦急地四处张望。如果他把它弄丢了，那就太可怕了！但他没有。 他的手指合在折叠的那张纸上。 他把它拿了出来，他的手兴奋得发抖。 他打开信，借着卧室的灯读了起来。 亲爱的查理，一切都准备好了，一切顺利。 我看不出有什么问题，但你可以猜到，雾将是非常受欢迎的！拉里负责点，我们已经安排好了。 别忘了卡车，在卡车的一个角落用白色的油布做罩子。 这样可以节省时间

looking for the right load. It's clever of you to send out this load by truck, and collect it by lorry! All the best, Zeb George couldn't make head or tail of this. What in the world was it all about? There was a plot of some kind, that was clear, but what did everything else mean? George went to the telephone. Perhaps Peter wouldn't yet be in bed. He really MUST get on to him and tell him something important had happened. Peter was just going to bed. He came to the telephone in surprise, when his mother called him to it. 'Hallo! What's up?' 'Peter, I can't stop to tell you everything now, but we went to Tigger's Barn, Jack and I, and there is something going on. We had quite

寻找合适的负载。 你真聪明，用卡车把这批货送出去，又用卡车来收货！尽管如此，泽布·乔治还是完全搞不懂。 这到底是怎么回事？ 这是某种阴谋，这很明显，但其他一切都意味着什么呢？ 乔治去接电话。 也许彼得还没有上床睡觉。 他真得去找他，告诉他发生了一件重要的事。 彼得正要去睡觉。 他妈妈叫他去接电话时，他吃惊地走到电话旁。 “喂!有什么事吗?“彼得，我现在不能把一切都告诉你，但是我们去了跳跳虎的谷仓，杰克和我，发生了一些事情。” 我们有很多

an adventure, and–' 'You don't mean to tell me that that tale of Susie's was true!' said Peter, disbelievingly. 'No. At least, it was all made-up on her part, as you said, but all the same, something is going on at Tigger's Barn, Peter, something Susie didn't know about, of course, because she only mentioned the place in fun. But it's serious, Peter. You must call a meeting of the Secret Seven tomorrow evening after tea.' There was a pause. 'Right,' said Peter, at last. 'I will. This is most odd, George. Don't tell me anything more over the phone, because I don't want Mother asking me too many questions. I'll tell Janet to tell Pam and Barbara there's a meeting tomorrow evening at five o'clock in our shed, and we'll tell Colin and Jack. Gosh! This sounds pretty mysterious.' 'You just wait till you hear the whole story!' said George. 'You'll be amazed.'

一次冒险，而且——”“你不会是想告诉我苏西的故事是真的吧！彼得不敢相信地说。 “不。至少，就像你说的，这一切都是她编造出来的，但不管怎样，彼得，跳跳虎的谷仓里发生了一些事情，苏西当然不知道，因为她提到那个地方只是为了好玩。 但事情很严重，彼得。明晚茶后，你必须召集七个秘密成员开会。”一阵沉默。 “好吧。”彼得终于说。 “我会的。这太奇怪了，乔治。 不要在电话里告诉我更多的事情，因为我不想让妈妈问我太多问题。 我会让珍妮特告诉帕姆和芭芭拉明天晚上5点在我们的棚子里有一个会议，我们会告诉科林和杰克。 天啊!这听起来很神秘。“你等着听整个故事吧！”乔治说。 “你会大吃一惊的。”

He put down the receiver, and got ready for bed, quite forgetting that he had had no supper. He couldn't stop thinking about the happenings of the evening. How odd that the password of the Secret Seven should be Cheeky Charlie, and there should be a real man called by that name! And how extraordinary that Susie's bit of make-believe should suddenly have come true without her knowing it! Something was going on at Tigger's Barn! He got into bed and lay awake for a long time. Jack was also lying awake thinking. He was excited. He wished he hadn't been shut up in that silly cupboard, when he might have been listening all the time. Still, George seemed to have got quite a lot of information. The Secret Seven were very thrilled the next day. It was difficult not to let the Famous Five see that they had something exciting on hand, but Peter had strictly forbidden anyone to talk

他放下听筒，准备上床睡觉，完全忘了他还没有吃晚饭。 他不停地想起晚上发生的事。 奇怪的是，七人秘密的密码竟然是“无耻的查理”，竟然有一个真正的男人叫这个名字！苏茜的那点幻想在她不知情的情况下突然变成了现实，这是多么不可思议啊！跳跳虎的谷仓发生了什么事！他躺在床上，睡了很长时间。 杰克也醒着躺着思考。 他很兴奋。他真希望自己没有被关在那个愚蠢的橱柜里，他本来可以一直听着的。 尽管如此，乔治似乎还是得到了相当多的信息。 第二天，秘密七人组非常激动。 五位名人很难不让他们看出他们手头有什么令人兴奋的东西，但彼得严格禁止任何人说话