18 THE JIGSAW IS FINISHED

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE JIGSAW IS FINISHED EIGHT WORRIED and amazed fathers and mothers heard the strange story of the stolen dogs when the four boys at last got home, very late, and full of excitement. Janet heard Peter come in, and flew downstairs from her bed, anxious to hear everything. 'What! You found the dogs in cages! And oh, how extraordinary that the man I read about on that police notice was there! Oh, goodness, were you really locked up in the dog-cages? And did Scamper, dear, darling, brave old Scamper, go and fetch George to

当四个男孩终于回家的时候，父母们听到了被偷狗的奇怪故事，既担心又惊讶，他们很晚了，而且非常兴奋。 珍妮特听到彼得进来了，便从床上飞奔下楼，急着想听听一切。 “什么!你发现狗被关在笼子里！哦，我在警察通知上读到的那个人在那里，真是太不寻常了！天啊，你们真的被关在狗笼子里了吗？ 斯坎普，亲爱的，亲爱的，勇敢的老斯坎普，去把乔治叫回来了

your rescue? Scamper, you are one of the very, very best Secret Seven members!' 'Woof!' said Scamper, proudly, and sat up very straight. Janet laughed at the Pretty Sick Dog business. So did everybody. It struck them as very funny. The whole adventure seemed rather extraordinary now it was over. It was a curious mystery, a strange little adventure, that had really grown out of the 'job' and 'practices' that Peter had set all the members to do. 'In fact, we each had one bit of a jigsaw puzzle, and when we found they fitted together, we saw what the picture was!' said Peter. 'We each did our bit, even old George.' Next morning there was a Secret Seven meeting, of course, and will you believe it, George was there too, beaming all over his face. 'I say, can I come in?' he said, when he

拯救你?斯坎普，你是最优秀的秘密七人组成员之一！“汪!斯坎珀骄傲地说，坐直了身子。 珍妮特嘲笑“漂亮病狗”这件事。 每个人都是如此。这使他们觉得很好笑。 现在，整个冒险经历都结束了，显得相当不寻常。 这是一个奇怪的秘密，一个奇怪的小冒险，实际上是从彼得让所有成员做的“工作”和“实践”中发展出来的。 “事实上，我们每个人都有一块拼图，当我们把它们拼在一起时，我们就看到了图画！”彼得说。 “我们每个人都尽了自己的一份力，包括老乔治。”第二天早上，秘密七人会举行了一次会议，你相信吗？乔治也在那里，满脸笑容。 “我说，我能进来吗？”他说

arrived, and banged on the door. 'Oh, the password, it's still "Beware", isn't it? It was a very good one for this adventure, wasn't it? We all had to "Beware" like anything. I guessed you'd have a Secret Seven meeting this morning, so I've come too. My father says I can be a member again if you'll have me!' 'Oh, George!' cried everyone in delight, and Peter dragged him in at once. 'Did he really? Why? Because we've done such a good job again, and you helped?' 'Yes. You see, the Inspector and the sergeant both came to ask me a few questions, and they told Dad and Mother that all the Secret Seven were quite remarkable people, and Dad never said a word about having had me turned out! And after the policemen had gone, Dad said "All right, George. I give in. You can belong again. You can go and tell the Secret Seven to make you a member again." So here I am.' 'We solemnly make you a member, George,'

到了，砰地一声敲门。 “哦，密码还是‘小心’，对吧？” 对于这次冒险来说，这是一个很好的机会，不是吗？ 我们都得“小心”。 我猜你今天早上要开一个七人秘密会议，所以我也来了。 我父亲说如果你愿意，我可以再次成为会员！“哦，乔治！”大家高兴地叫道，彼得立刻把他拉了进来。 “他是真的吗？”为什么?因为我们又一次做得很好，而你帮了忙？“是的。 你看，探长和警长都来问了我几个问题，他们告诉爸爸和妈妈，所有的秘密七人都是非常了不起的人，爸爸从来没有说过把我赶出去的事！警察走后，爸爸说：“好吧，乔治。 我让步了。你又可以有归属感了。 你可以去告诉七个人的秘密，让他们重新让你成为其中的一员。” 所以我在这里。“我们郑重地接纳你为会员，乔治。”

said Janet in delight. 'Scamper, we told you you were only temporary, didn't we? So you won't mind George taking your place. But you were very, very good as a member, Scamper. Wasn't he, everybody?' They all agreed heartily, and Scamper looked pleased and surprised to have so many pats and kind words. He gave a little whine as if to say 'Well, what about a biscuit too?' And Janet, always ready to understand his smallest whine, at once produced a big biscuit from a tin! 'You deserve it,' she said. 'If you hadn't gone to fetch George to the rescue last night, Peter and Colin and Jack would still be locked up in the dog-cages!' 'Gosh! So we would,' said Peter. 'Hallo, who's this coming?' The big kindly face of the Inspector looked through the little window, with the sergeant alongside. 'We don't know the password,' said the

珍妮特高兴地说。“斯坎普，我们告诉过你，你只是暂时的，不是吗？” 所以你不会介意乔治代替你吧。 但你作为会员表现得非常非常好，斯坎普。 他是不是，大家都是？”他们都由衷地同意了，斯坎普听到这么多的赞美和友好的话，显得既高兴又惊讶。 他轻轻地呜咽了一声，好像在说：“那么，再来块饼干怎么样？”而珍妮特，总是准备好理解他最小的抱怨，立刻从罐头里拿出一块大饼干！“这是你应得的，”她说。 “如果你昨晚没有去救乔治，彼得、科林和杰克现在还被关在狗笼子里呢！”“天啊!“我们会的。”彼得说。 “喂，谁来了？”探长慈祥的大脸透过小窗户向外看，警官在旁边。 “我们不知道密码。

Inspector, sorrowfully. 'Or we'd say it and come in.' 'It's "Beware"!' said Peter grinning, and flung open the door. 'We'll soon have to choose a new one, so it doesn't matter telling you.' 'Have you got any news?' asked Colin eagerly. 'Oh yes, that's why we came to find you,' said the Inspector. 'We thought you ought to know the results of the good work done by the remarkable Society you belong to!' 'Oh good– tell us!' said Janet. 'Well, we got the PSD 188 car,' said the Inspector. 'Got it at Pilberry.' 'Oh yes, why didn't we think of that?' said Peter. 'We thought that fellow lived at Pilberry!' 'Bless us, did you now?' said the Inspector. 'I'm beginning to wonder if there's anything you don't know! Well, we got the car, and the dogs. The man has got a shop there, with two

检查员,悲哀地。或者我们就说出来，然后进来。“是‘小心’！”彼得咧嘴笑着说，猛地打开了门。 “我们很快就要换一个新的了，所以告诉你也没关系。“你有什么消息吗？”科林急切地问。 “哦，是的，这就是我们来找你的原因，”探长说。 “我们认为你应该知道你所属的那个了不起的学会所做的好事的结果！”“啊，好——告诉我们吧！”珍妮特说。 “嗯，我们找到了PSD 188号车，”探长说。 “在皮尔贝里买的。“哦，是的，我们为什么没想到这一点呢？”彼得说。 “我们以为那家伙住在皮尔贝里！”“上帝保佑我们，是吗？”探长说。 “我开始怀疑是不是有什么事你不知道！”我们有车，还有狗。 那个人在那里开了一家店，有两个

or three garages. He'd put the dogs into one of the garages. Goodness knows how many dogs he's stolen and sold. Ah, well PSD stood for Pretty Sick Driver by the time we'd told him all we knew about him!' 'And we also got the old caretaker fellow,' said the sergeant. 'He's a poor old stick, though, a bit feebleminded, but clever enough to help a dog-stealer, it seems! We wondered where he had gone to earth, and there he was, in this town, under our very noses!' 'We got the young man, too, at Starling's,' said the Inspector. 'He's a bad lot. He and the other man ran this dog-stealing business between them, quite cleverly too. Covered their tracks well all the time, and bamboozled us nicely. But they couldn't bamboozle the Secret Seven, could they?' he added, getting up. 'Well, we must be off. Thanks, all of you. I wish there were more children like you, you're a grand lot to have in our town!'

或者三个车库。他把狗放进其中一个车库里。 天知道他偷卖了多少条狗。 啊，好吧，当我们告诉他我们所知道的关于他的一切时，PSD代表的是Pretty Sick Driver ！“我们还抓到了那个老管理员，”警官说。 “不过，他是个可怜的老家伙，有点弱智，但似乎聪明得足以帮助一个偷狗的人！”我们都想知道他到底到哪里去了，结果他就在这个镇上，就在我们眼皮底下！“我们在斯塔林饭店也抓到了那个年轻人，”探长说。 “他是个坏人。他和另一个人一起搞偷狗的勾当，也很聪明。 一直很好地掩盖了他们的踪迹，巧妙地骗过了我们。 但他们骗不了秘密七人，不是吗？他又说，站起身来。 “好了，我们得走了。谢谢大家。 我真希望能有更多像你这样的孩子，我们镇上有你真是太多了！”