5 JACK TELLS THE NEWS

CHAPTER FIVE JACK TELLS THE NEWS JACK CREPT carefully out of the laurel bush as soon as he felt sure that the others were safely out of the way. He dusted himself down and looked round. Nobody was in sight. He debated with himself what to do. Was it important enough to call a meeting of the Secret Seven? No– he would go and find Peter and tell him first. Peter could decide whether to have a meeting or not. On the way to Peter's house Jack met George. 'Hello!' said George. 'You look very solemn! What's up? Have you had a row at home or something?'

第五章杰克告诉记者当杰克确信其他人都安全离开时，他就小心翼翼地从月桂树丛中爬了出来。 他掸去身上的灰尘，环顾四周。 一个人也看不见。他心里盘算着该怎么办。 这事重要到要召集七人秘密会议吗？ 不——他要先去找彼得，告诉他。 彼得可以决定是否开会。 在去彼得家的路上，杰克遇到了乔治。 “你好!乔治说。“你看起来很严肃！”有什么事吗? 你们家里吵架了还是怎么的？”

'No,' said Jack. 'But I've just found out that the Famous Five are in the middle of something. I heard Susie telling them, down in our summer-house. I was in the laurel bush outside.' 'Is it important?' asked George. 'I mean, your sister Susie's a bit of a nuisance, isn't she? You don't want to pay too much attention to her. She's conceited enough already.' 'Yes, I know,' said Jack. 'But she's clever, you know. And after all, we managed to get into quite a few adventures, didn't we? And there's really no reason why the Famous Five shouldn't, too, if they keep their eyes and ears open. Listen, and I'll tell you what I heard.' He told George, and George was most impressed. 'Tigger's Barn!' he said. 'Well, that would be a good meeting-place for crooks who wanted to meet without being seen. But how did Susie get hold of the names of the men? Oh Jack, it would be absolutely maddening if

“不，”杰克说。“但我刚刚发现，这五位名人正忙得不可开交。 我听到苏茜在我们的凉亭里告诉他们。 我在外面的月桂树丛里。“重要吗？”乔治问。 “我是说，你姐姐苏茜有点讨厌，是不是？” 你可别太在意她。 她已经够自负了。“是的，我知道，”杰克说。 “但你知道，她很聪明。 毕竟，我们还经历了不少冒险，不是吗？ 如果五大名人保持警惕的话，他们也没有理由不这么做。 听着，我告诉你我听到了什么。”他告诉了乔治，乔治印象深刻。 跳跳虎的谷仓!他说。“嗯，对于那些想在不被发现的情况下见面的骗子来说，那将是一个很好的聚会地点。 但是苏茜是怎么知道这些人的名字的呢？ 哦，杰克，这绝对会让人抓狂，如果

the Famous Five hit on something important before we did!' 'That's what I think,' said Jack. 'Especially as Susie's the ringleader. She's always trying to boss me, and she would be worse than ever if her silly Society discovered some gang or plot. Let's find Peter, shall we? I was on the way to him when I met you.' 'I'll go with you, then,' said George. 'I'm sure Peter will think it's important. Come on!' So two solemn boys walked up the path to Peter's house, and went round the back to find him. He was chopping up firewood, one of his Saturday morning jobs. He was very pleased to see Jack and George. 'Oh, hallo,' he said, putting down his axe. 'Now I can knock off for a bit. Chopping wood is fine for about five minutes, but an awful bore after that. My mother doesn't like me to do it, because she thinks I'll chop my fingers off, but Dad's hard-hearted and makes me do

五大名人在我们之前发现了一些重要的东西！“我也是这么想的，”杰克说。 “尤其是苏茜是罪魁祸首。 她总是想对我发号施令，如果她那愚蠢的协会发现了什么帮派或阴谋，她会比以前更糟的。 我们去找彼得，好吗？ 我在去找他的路上遇到了你。“那么我和你一起去，”乔治说。 “我相信彼得会认为这很重要。 来吧!”于是，两个严肃的男孩走上通往彼得家的小路，绕着后门去找他。 他在劈柴，这是他周六上午的工作之一。 他很高兴见到杰克和乔治。 “哦，你好，”他放下斧头说。 现在我可以休息一会儿了。 劈柴砍五分钟还可以，但劈柴砍五分钟之后就很无聊了。 我妈妈不喜欢我这么做，因为她觉得我会把手指剁掉，但是爸爸心肠很硬，让我这么做

it each Saturday.' 'Peter,' said Jack, 'I've got some news.' 'Oh, what?' asked Peter. 'Tell me.' So Jack told him about how he had hidden in the laurel bush and overheard a meeting of the Famous Five. 'They've got a password, of course', he said, 'but I couldn't hear it.

我每个星期六都去。“彼得，”杰克说，“我有些消息要告诉你。“哦，什么？”彼得问。 “告诉我。”于是杰克告诉他，他是如何躲在月桂树丛里，无意中听到五名名人开会的。 “他们当然有密码，”他说，“但我听不见。

However, they forgot to whisper once they had said the password, and I heard every word.' He told Peter what he had heard, but Peter didn't take it seriously. He was most annoying. He listened to the end, and then he threw back his head and laughed. 'Oh Jack! Surely you didn't fall for all that nonsense? Susie must have been pretending. I expect that's what they do at their silly meetings– pretend they are in the middle of an adventure, and kid themselves they're clever.' 'But it all sounded absolutely serious,' said Jack, beginning to feel annoyed. 'I mean, they had no idea I was listening, they all seemed quite serious. And Jeff was ready to go and investigate on Tuesday evening!' 'What, Jeff! Can you imagine that little coward going to look for a mouse, let alone Stumpy Dick and the other fellow, whatever his name is!' said Peter, laughing again. 'He'd

然而，他们说完密码就忘了小声说话，所以我每个字都听见了。”他把听到的事告诉了彼得，但彼得没当回事。 他很烦人。他听着结尾，然后仰起头笑了起来。 “哦,杰克!你不会是被那些胡言乱语骗了吧？ 苏茜一定是假装的。 我想这就是他们在愚蠢的会议上所做的——假装他们正在冒险，自欺欺人地说自己很聪明。“可这一切听起来绝对是严肃的，”杰克说，他开始感到恼火了。 “我的意思是，他们不知道我在听，他们看起来都很认真。 杰夫准备在周二晚上去调查！“什么，杰夫！”你能想象那个小懦夫会去找一只老鼠吗，更不用说矮胖的迪克和另一个家伙了，不管他叫什么名字！彼得说，又笑了起来。 “他

run a mile before he'd go to Tigger's Barn at night. That sister of yours was just making up a story, Jack, silly kid's stuff, like pretending to play at Red Indians or something, that's all.' 'Then you don't think it's worthwhile calling a meeting of the Secret Seven and asking some of us to go to Tigger's Barn on Tuesday night?' said Jack, in a hurt voice. 'No, I don't,' said Peter. 'I'm not so stupid as to believe in Susie's fairy-tales.' 'But suppose the Famous Five go, and discover something we ought to discover?' said George. 'Well, if Jack sees Susie and Jeff creeping off somewhere on Tuesday evening, he can follow them,' said Peter, still grinning. 'But they won't go! You'll see I'm right. It's all make- believe!' 'All right,' said Jack, getting up. 'If that's what you think there's no use in talking about it any longer. But you'll be sorry if you find

在他晚上去跳跳虎的谷仓之前跑一英里。 你那个妹妹只是在编故事，杰克，傻孩子的故事，就像假装在红印第安人队打球之类的，仅此而已。“那么你认为不值得召集七个秘密成员开会，让我们中的一些人星期二晚上去跳跳虎谷仓吗？”杰克用一种受伤的声音说。 “不，我不知道。”彼得说。 “我不会傻到相信苏茜的童话。“但是，假如那五个人去了，发现了一些我们应该发现的东西呢？”乔治说。 “好吧，如果杰克在星期二晚上看到苏茜和杰夫偷偷溜出去，他可以跟着他们。”彼得说，还在咧嘴笑着。 “可是他们不去！”你会发现我是对的。 这都是虚构的！“好吧，”杰克说着站了起来。 "如果你是这样想的，那就没有必要再谈了。 但如果你发现