13 JOBS FOR EVERYONE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN JOBS FOR EVERYONE PETER GAVE each one of them a job to do. 'Pam and Barbara, hunt through every paper you can get hold of and find out if there are many valuable dogs advertised as lost or stolen,' he said. 'Yes, Peter,' said the two girls. 'And mind you do your job properly this time,' said Peter, sternly. 'Janet, you can go and look outside the police station and see if there are any notices there, and, as it's fairly near George's house, you can go and tell him all the latest news. He didn't come to school today, because he has a cough, so he'll be glad

第十三章每个人的工作彼得给他们每人分配了一项工作。 他说：“帕姆和芭芭拉，把你们能找到的每一张报纸都翻一遍，看看有没有很多贵重的狗狗走失或被盗的广告。” “是的，彼得，”两个女孩说。 “这次你要注意做好你的工作。”彼得严厉地说。 “珍妮特，你可以到派出所外面去看看，看看那里有没有启事。而且，那里离乔治家很近，你可以去把最新的消息告诉他。” 他今天没来上学，因为他咳嗽，所以他会很高兴的

to see you.' 'Yes, Peter,' said Janet, pleased. 'And you, Colin, and you, Jack, will come with me and Scamper to the coal-hole tonight,' said Peter, dropping his voice, and sounding suddenly serious and determined. 'Colin, bring that rope-ladder you've got. It will be just right for dropping down into the hole, it's not too long. Bring torches both of you, and wear rubber shoes.' 'Yes, Peter,' said the boys, looking and feeling very thrilled indeed. What an adventure! 'Woof-woof-woof,' said Scamper. 'He said "Yes, Peter," too!' said Janet. 'You understand every word we're saying, don't you, Scamper, darling?' 'Today's Thursday,' said Pam. 'Have you forgotten that you three boys are going to Ronnie's party, all of you? You can't do anything much today.'

来见你。“是的，彼得，”珍妮特高兴地说。 “还有你，柯林，还有你，杰克，今晚跟我和斯坎普一起去煤洞。”彼得放低声音说，突然听起来严肃而坚定。 “科林，把你的绳梯拿来。 它正好可以掉进洞里，不会太长。 你们俩都带火把，穿胶鞋。“是的，彼得，”孩子们说，他们的表情和感觉都非常激动。 多么冒险啊！“呜——呜——呜，”斯坎普说。 “他也说‘是的，彼得’！”珍妮特说。 “你明白我们说的每一个字，是不是，斯坎普，亲爱的？”“今天是星期四，”潘说。 “你忘了你们三个男孩都要去罗尼的派对吗，你们所有人？” 今天你什么也做不了。”

'Bother! I'd forgotten that!' said Peter. 'We'll have to explore the coal-hole on Friday, then. But you girls can get on with your jobs all right. Now I think that's about all, so we'll go. We'll just be in good time for school.' They all went out of the shed, Scamper too, wagging his tail importantly. Pam and Barbara decided to go after school to the public library, where there were many papers they could read for Lost and Found advertisements. So, much to the librarian's astonishment, they seated themselves there, with copies of the daily papers and of the local papers too, around them. They made some interesting discoveries. 'Look, Pam,' said Barbara, pointing with her finger to two advertisements. "'Lost or stolen, pedigree greyhound." "Lost or stolen, purebred bullterrier." Why, that might be the very one Colin saw! It gives names and addresses here, both in our county.'

“麻烦!”我都忘了！彼得说。 “那么，我们只好在星期五去勘察那个煤洞了。 但你们可以好好干你们的活。 我想就这些了，我们走吧。 我们正好赶上上学。”他们都走出了棚子，斯坎普也一样，神气地摇着尾巴。 帕姆和芭芭拉决定放学后去公共图书馆，那里有许多报纸，他们可以阅读失物招领处的广告。 于是，令图书管理员大为吃惊的是，他们就坐在那里，周围还放着几份日报和当地报纸。 他们有了一些有趣的发现。 “看，潘，”芭芭拉用手指着两个广告说。 “不管丢了还是被偷了，纯种灰狗。” “丢失或被盗，纯种斗牛犬。” 哎呀，这可能就是科林看到的那只！上面有姓名和地址，都是我们县的。”

'I've found an interesting advertisement too,' said Pam. 'See– "Lost on Monday, 16th, a beautiful pedigree Saluki. Answers to name of Sally." That's in our county too. It looks as if somebody is at work, stealing pedigree dogs!' 'Here's another,' said Barbara. "'Believed stolen, pure-bred Alsatian, well-trained, answers to name of Kip." Goodness! Suppose the boys find them all down that coal-hole!' 'What do you suppose the thief does with them?' said Pam. 'Sells them again, of course. They would be worth a lot of money,' said Barbara. 'Or they might claim the reward offered. See, there's a reward of one hundred pounds for anyone finding the Alsatian!' 'I wonder how Janet will get on, looking at the police notices!' said Pam. 'Anyway, we've done well this time. Peter can't tick us off again!' Janet couldn't go to the police station till

“我也发现了一个有趣的广告，”潘说。 “看” 16号星期一，一只漂亮的纯种萨洛基犬失踪了。 回答的名字是莎莉。” 我们县也有。看起来好像有人在偷纯种狗！“这儿还有一个，”芭芭拉说。 “据信是偷来的纯种阿尔萨斯犬，训练有素，姓基普” 天哪!要是孩子们在那个煤洞里找到他们怎么办！“你猜小偷拿它们干什么？”潘说。 “当然是又卖了。 “它们会值很多钱的。”芭芭拉说。 或者他们可能会要求获得悬赏。 瞧，找到阿尔萨斯人的人有一百英镑的赏金！“我不知道珍妮特看到警察的通知会怎么做！”潘说。 “不管怎样，我们这次做得很好。 彼得不能再责备我们了！”珍妮特不能去警察局，直到

the following day. She gobbled down her midday dinner and raced off. She meant to look at the police notices, and then go and see George and tell him all the latest news. There was only one notice about dogs, and that was to say that dogs found worrying sheep would be shot. Janet hoped with all her heart that Scamper would never do such a silly thing. She didn't think he would, because her father owned a lot of sheep, and Scamper was used to them. It would be so dreadful if he was shot. She glanced at the next notice. It described a man that the police wanted to find. Janet read it with interest. 'John Wilfrid Pace, aged 71. Small and bent. Bald, with shaggy eyebrows and beard. Very hoarse voice. Shuffles badly when walking. Scar across the right cheek.'

第二天。她狼吞虎咽地吃完午饭就跑走了。 她打算看看警方的通知，然后去找乔治，把最新的消息告诉他。 关于狗，只有一条通知，那就是狗一旦发现骚扰羊，就会被枪毙。 珍妮特真心希望斯坎普永远不会做这样的傻事。 她认为他不会，因为她父亲养了很多羊，斯坎普已经习惯了。 如果他中枪了，那就太可怕了。 她瞥了一眼下一个通知。 它描述了一个警察想要找到的人。 珍妮特饶有兴趣地读着。 约翰·威尔弗里德·佩斯，71岁。 又小又弯。秃顶，眉毛和胡子蓬乱。 声音很沙哑。走路时步履蹒跚。 右脸颊上有一道伤疤。”

'I should know him all right if I saw him!' said Janet to herself, picturing a bent little man, bald and bearded, scarred on the face. 'Now I really must go and see George, or I'll be late for school.' George was delighted to see Janet. He was perfectly all right except for a cough, but his mother was not going to let him go back to school until Monday. 'I've come to tell you all the latest news of the Secret Seven,' said Janet. 'Can anyone overhear us? We know you're not a member now, but we all voted that you should know what's going on. And there's plenty to tell you, George. It's all very, very exciting!' So it was, and Janet told everything very well indeed. When she left George, he felt rather down in the dumps. All this going on and I'm not in it! he thought. Then an idea came into his head. Well

“如果我见到他，我一定能认出他来！”珍妮特自言自语道，脑海中浮现出一个弯腰驼背的小个子男人，秃顶，留着胡子，脸上伤痕累累。 “现在我真得去看乔治了，不然我上学要迟到了。”乔治见到珍妮特很高兴。 除了咳嗽之外，他一切都很好，但他妈妈要到星期一才让他回学校。 “我是来告诉你有关秘密七人组的最新消息的，”珍妮特说。 “会有人听到我们说话吗？”我们知道你现在不是会员，但我们都认为你应该知道发生了什么。 还有很多事要告诉你，乔治。 这一切都非常非常令人兴奋！”事情就是这样，珍妮特把一切都讲得很好。 当她离开乔治时，他感到非常沮丧。 这一切都发生了，我却没有参与！他想。 这时，一个想法进入了他的脑海。 好