1 SUSIE IS MOST ANNOYING

CHAPTER ONE SUSIE IS MOST ANNOYING PETER WAS going home from school one afternoon, swinging his satchel, when someone came running behind him and bumped into him. He dropped his bag and almost fell over. He looked round crossly, expecting it to be George or Colin. But it wasn't. It was Susie with her cheeky face, standing by the kerb grinning at him. 'Sorry!' she said. 'You were in my way. How's the Secret Seven Society going?' 'You just look where you're going, Susie,'

一天下午，彼得正背着书包回家，突然有人从后面跑过来，撞到了他。 他的包掉在地上，差点摔倒。 他生气地环顾四周，以为是乔治或科林。 但事实并非如此。原来是苏西，她那张厚脸皮的脸，站在路边对他咧嘴笑着。 “对不起!她说。“你挡了我的路。 秘密七人会怎么样了？“你只要看路就行了，苏西。”

said Peter, picking up his bag. 'As for the Secret Seven, it's no business of yours. You're always trying to interfere!' 'Jack says there haven't been any Secret Seven meetings for ages,' said Susie, walking beside Peter, much to his annoyance. Susie was the most aggravating girl he knew. Jack was Susie's brother, and a member of the Secret Seven. Peter was quite sure he hadn't said anything about the meetings. But Susie was right. They hadn't had any meetings for a long time. The Easter term had been rather exciting so far, and Peter hadn't thought a great deal about his Secret Society. 'Well, we're having a Secret Seven meeting very soon,' he said to Susie, making up his mind suddenly that they would. 'But you're not coming! And if you try any silly snooping, you'll be sorry. You don't belong to our Society, and you never will.' 'I know your last password,' said Susie,

彼得拿起书包说。 “至于七人秘密，不关你的事。 你总是想干涉！“杰克说已经很久没有秘密七号的聚会了。”苏西说着走在彼得身边，彼得很不高兴。 苏茜是他认识的最让人恼火的女孩。 杰克是苏茜的哥哥，也是秘密七人组的成员之一。 彼得很肯定他没有说过会议的事。 但是苏茜是对的。他们已经很长时间没有开会了。 到目前为止，复活节这学期还挺令人兴奋的，彼得并没有多想秘密社团的事。 “嗯，我们很快就要召开秘密七人会议了。”他对苏茜说，突然下定决心，他们一定会开会。 “可你不来了！”如果你想窥探别人，你会后悔的。 你不属于我们的社团，永远不会。“我知道你最后的密码，”苏西说，

skipping over the cracks in the paving-stones. 'Aha!' 'You don't,' said Peter, racking his brains to remember what it was. Goodness – it wouldn't do for him to forget it! 'I do. It's Jack Sprat!' said Susie, and Peter scowled at her. She was right. Jack Sprat was the last password they had chosen – a secret password – and here was Susie shouting it out in the road. She saw his angry face and laughed. 'I'm right, aren't I? Yours is a silly society. I know your password, and so do all the girls in my class. I told them. So the next time you have a meeting we'll all be along, shout out the password, and you'll have to let us in.' 'Who told you the password?' demanded Peter. 'I know Jack wouldn't.' 'Oh no. Jack's a most annoying brother. He never tells me anything,' said Susie. 'But when I went to borrow a hanky from his drawer, I

跳过铺路石的裂缝。 “啊哈!”“你不知道，”彼得说，拼命想要回忆起那是什么。 天哪——他可不能把这事忘了！“我做的。 是杰克·斯普拉特！苏茜说，彼得对她皱起了眉头。 她是对的。杰克·斯普拉特是他们选择的最后一个密码——一个秘密密码——苏茜就在路上大声喊出来了。 她看到他生气的脸就笑了。 “我是对的，是不是？”你们是一个愚蠢的社会。 我知道你的密码，我们班的女生也都知道。 我告诉了他们。所以下次你开会的时候我们都在，喊出密码，然后你得让我们进去。“谁告诉你密码的？”彼得问。 “我知道杰克不会的。“哦，不。” 杰克真是个讨厌的哥哥。 “他从来不告诉我任何事情。”苏西说。 “但当我去他抽屉里借手帕时，我

found a piece of paper there, hidden under a pile of hankies. And on it was scribbled: "Remember the password – Jack Sprat".' 'You're always snooping about, Susie!' said Peter, angrily. 'I never knew such a girl. Why can't you leave us alone, and not keep trying to find out our passwords and what we're doing?' 'Well, why don't you let me belong?' demanded Susie. 'You let Janet belong, and Pam and Barbara.' 'Don't be silly. It's the Secret Seven. We can't have any more members, or we'd be eight,' said Peter. 'Anyway, we don't want you, Susie.' 'You're mean,' said Susie. 'Well, I'll tell Jack you're having another meeting soon. When shall I say it is?' 'Don't you go telling Jack anything!' said Peter, really exasperated with this annoying sister of Jack's. 'I send out notices of meetings, not you. And you needn't bother to remember

在那儿发现了一张纸，藏在一堆手帕下面。 上面潦草地写着：“记住密码——杰克·斯普拉特”。“你总是到处窥探，苏西！”彼得生气地说。 “我从来没见过这样的姑娘。 你为什么就不能放过我们，而不是一直试图找出我们的密码和我们在做什么？“那么，你为什么不让我有归属感呢？”苏茜问。 “你让珍妮特、帕姆和芭芭拉都有归属感。“别傻了。” 这是七大秘密。“我们不能再招人了，不然就八个人了。”彼得说。 “不管怎样，我们不需要你，苏西。“你太刻薄了，”苏西说。 “好吧，我会告诉杰克你很快要开另一个会。 我什么时候说是？“你什么也别告诉杰克！”彼得说，他真的被杰克这个讨厌的妹妹惹恼了。 “是我发出会议通知，不是你。 你不需要费心去记

the password. I shall choose another one immediately, and let the members know.' 'Oh, well, Jack is sure to write it down to remember it again,' said Susie, skipping off. 'And I shall be sure to find it. Goodbye, and give my love to Jack Sprat.' Peter glared at Susie's back. What an awful girl! He was glad that his own sister, Janet, wasn't like Susie. He walked home with a solemn face. Certainly a meeting must be called soon. There hadn't been one for ages. It would never do to let the Secret Seven come to an end just because there weren't any meetings, or anything special happening. But you can't solve mysteries and things unless there are some to solve, thought Peter. We'll have to think up something else to do, till one comes along. Sometimes it seems as if nothing happens for ages and ages. I'll have to change the password, too. Fancy Jack being

密码。我将立即选择另一个，并通知成员们。“哦，好吧，杰克一定会把它写下来，以便再次记住。”苏西说着，跳了过去。 “我一定会找到它的。 再见，代我向杰克·斯普拉特问好。”彼得怒视着苏茜的背影。 真是个可怕的女孩！他很高兴自己的妹妹珍妮特不像苏西。 他一脸严肃地走回家。 当然，必须尽快召开一次会议。 已经好长时间没有了。 如果仅仅因为没有任何会议，或者没有任何特别的事情发生，就让秘密七人小组就此结束，那是绝对不行的。 但是，除非有一些事情需要解决，否则你是无法解开谜团的，彼得想。 我们得想点别的事做，直到有人来。 有时候，好像过了好多年什么都没发生。 我得把密码也改了。 想象一下杰克