2 NO MORE MEETINGS TILL CHRISTMAS!

CHAPTER TWO NO MORE MEETINGS TILL CHRISTMAS! JANET POURED out mugs of the lemonade, and Peter handed round the rock-buns. 'A bit stale,' he said, 'but nice and curranty. Two each and one for old Scamper. Sorry, Scamper; but, after all, you're not a real member of the Secret Seven, or you could have two.' 'He couldn't,' said Jack. 'There are only fifteen buns. And anyway, I always count him in as a real member.' 'You can't. We're the Secret Seven, and Scamper makes eight,' said Peter. 'But he can

第二章圣诞节前别再见面了！珍妮特倒了几杯柠檬水，彼得把小圆面包分发给大家。 “有点陈腐，”他说，“但很新鲜。 每人两张，老斯坎普一张。 对不起,蹦蹦跳跳;但是，毕竟你不是真正的七人秘密中的一员，或者你可以有两个。“他不能，”杰克说。 “只有十五个小圆面包。 不管怎样，我一直把他算作真正的会员。”“你不能。 “我们是秘密七人组，斯坎普是第八名。”彼得说。 “但是他可以。

always come with us. Now listen, this is to be the last meeting, and–' There were surprised cries at once. 'The last meeting! Why, what's happening?' 'The last one! Surely you're not going to stop the Secret Seven?' 'Oh but, Peter– surely you're not meaning–' 'Just let me speak,' said Peter. 'It's to be the last meeting till the holidays come again. Tomorrow all of us boys go back to school, and the girls go to their school the day after. Nothing ever happens in term-time, and anyway we're too busy to look for adventure, so—' 'But something might happen,' said Colin. 'You just never know. I think it's a silly idea to stop the Secret Seven for the term-time. I really do.' 'So do I,' said Pam. 'I like belonging to it, and wearing my badge, and remembering the password.'

永远和我们在一起。听着，这是最后一次见面了，而且——”顿时响起了一阵惊叫。 “最后一次见面！”怎么了，发生什么事了？“最后一个！”你不会去阻止秘密七人吧？“哦，可是，彼得——你肯定不是想说——”“让我说。” “这将是假期来临前的最后一次会面。 明天我们所有的男孩都回学校，女孩们后天去学校。 学期里什么事也没发生过，再说我们太忙了，没时间去冒险，所以——”“不过可能会发生什么事。”科林说。 “你永远不会知道。我认为在这学期阻止七人秘密行动是个愚蠢的主意。 真的。“我也是，”潘说。 “我喜欢属于它，喜欢戴着我的徽章，喜欢记住密码。”

'Well, you can still wear your badges if you like,' said Peter, 'though I had thought of collecting them today, as we're all wearing them, and keeping them till our meeting next hols.' 'I'm not giving mine up,' said Jack, firmly. 'And you needn't be afraid I'll let my sister Susie get it, either, because I've got a perfectly good hiding-place for it.' 'And suppose, just suppose, something turned up in term-time,' said Colin, earnestly. 'Suppose one of us discovered something strange, something that ought to be looked into. What would we do if the Secret Seven was disbanded till Christmas?' 'Nothing ever turns up in term-time,' repeated Peter, who liked getting his own way. 'And anyway I've got to work hard this term. My father wasn't at all pleased with my last report.' 'All right. You work hard, and keep out of

“好吧，如果你们愿意的话，你们仍然可以戴着你们的徽章，”彼得说，“不过我本来想今天就把它们收起来，因为我们大家都戴着徽章，留到下个学期开会的时候。“我不会放弃我的，”杰克坚定地说。 “你也不用担心，我会让我妹妹苏茜把它拿走，因为我有一个非常好的藏身处。“假设，只是假设，学期里发生了什么事，”科林诚恳地说。 “假如我们当中有人发现了什么怪事，应该调查一下。 如果秘密七人组解散到圣诞节，我们该怎么办？“学期里什么事也没发生过。”彼得重复了一遍，他喜欢随心所欲。 “不管怎样，这学期我必须努力学习。 我父亲对我上次的报告一点也不满意。“好吧。” 你努力工作，不要插手

the Society till Christmas,' said Jack. 'I'll run it with Janet. It can be the Secret Six till then. S.S. will stand for that as much as for Secret Seven.' That didn't please Peter at all. He frowned. 'No,' he said. 'I'm the head. But seeing that you all seem to disagree with me, I'll say this. We won't have any regular meetings, like we have been having, but only call one if anything does happen to turn up. And you'll see I'm right. Nothing will happen!' 'We keep our badges, then, and have a password,' said Colin. 'We're still a very live Society, even if nothing happens. And we'll call a meeting at once if something does?' 'Yes,' said everyone, looking at Peter. They loved being the Secret Seven. It made them feel important, even if, as Colin said, nothing happened for them to look into. 'All right,' said Peter. 'What about a new password?'

“我们会一直待到圣诞节。”杰克说。 “我会和珍妮特一起跑。在那之前可以是秘密六人组。 党卫军既支持秘密七号，也支持这一点。”彼得一点也不高兴。 他皱起了眉头。“不，”他说。 “我是头。但既然你们似乎都不同意我的观点，我就这么说。 我们不会像以前那样定期开会，但如果真的有什么事情发生，就召集一次会议。 你会发现我是对的。什么也不会发生！“那么，我们保留我们的徽章，并有一个密码，”科林说。 “即使什么都没发生，我们仍然是一个生机勃勃的社会。 如果有什么情况，我们马上召开会议。“是的，”大家都看着彼得说。 他们喜欢做秘密七人组。 这让他们觉得自己很重要，即使像科林说的那样，没有什么事情值得他们去调查。 “好吧，”彼得说。“换一个新密码怎么样？”

Everyone thought hard. Jack looked at Scamper, who seemed to be thinking too. 'What about Scamper's name?' he said. "'Scamper" would be a good password.' 'It wouldn't,' said Janet. 'Every time anyone gave the password Scamper would think he was being called!' 'Let's have my dog's name– Rover,' said Pam. 'No, have my aunt's dog's name,' said Jack. 'Cheeky Charlie. That's a good password.' 'Yes! Cheeky Charlie! We'll have that,' said Peter. 'Nobody would ever think of that for a password. Right– Cheeky Charlie it is!' The rock-buns were passed round for the second time. Scamper eyed them longingly. He had had his. Pam took pity on him and gave him half hers, and Barbara did the same. Scamper then fixed his eyes mournfully on Jack, who quickly gave him a large piece of his bun too.

每个人都在努力思考。杰克看着斯坎普，他似乎也在思考。 “斯坎普叫什么名字？”他说。 “狂奔”是个不错的密码。“不会的，”珍妮特说。 “每次有人给密码时，斯坎珀都会以为有人在叫他！”“给我的狗取个名字——罗孚，”帕姆说。 “不，是我姑妈的狗的名字，”杰克说。 “无耻的查理。这是个好密码。“是的!厚颜无耻的查理!“我们就吃这个。”彼得说。 “没有人会想到用这个作为密码。 对——就是那个厚脸皮的查理！”石头面包第二次传了下去。 斯坎普渴望地看着他们。 他有过他的。帕姆可怜他，把自己的一半给了他，芭芭拉也这么做了。 然后斯坎普悲伤地盯着杰克，杰克也很快地把自己的一大块面包给了他。

'Well!' said Peter. 'Scamper's had more than any real member of the Secret Seven! He'll be thinking he can run the whole Society soon!' 'Wuff,' said Scamper, thumping his tail on the ground, and looking at Peter's bun. The lemonade was finished. The last crumb of cake had been licked up by Scamper. The sun came out and shone down through the shed window. 'Come on, let's go out and play,' said Peter, getting up. 'School tomorrow! Well, these have been such good hols. Now, Secret Seven, you all know the password, don't you? You probably won't have to use it till the Christmas holidays, so just make up your minds to remember it.'

“好!彼得说。“斯坎普比任何一个真正的秘密七人组成员都拥有更多的财富！”他会以为自己很快就能管理整个社团了！“呜！”斯坎普说着，用尾巴敲着地面，看着彼得的发髻。 柠檬水喝完了。 最后一块蛋糕碎屑被斯坎珀舔了个干干净净。 太阳出来了，透过棚子的窗户照了下来。 “来吧，我们出去玩吧。”彼得说着站了起来。 明天的学校!这些洞真是太好了。 七号秘密，你们都知道密码，对吧？ 你们可能要到圣诞节假期才会用到它，所以下定决心记住它吧。”