1 THE HOLIDAYS BEGIN

CHAPTER ONE THE HOLIDAYS BEGIN 'EASTER HOLIDAYS at last!' said Peter. 'I thought they were never coming. Didn't you, Janet?' 'Yes. It was a dreadfully long term,' said Janet. 'We've broken up now though, thank goodness. Don't you love the first day of the hols, Peter?' 'You bet! I get a lovely free sort of feeling,' said Peter, 'and the hols seem to stretch out in front of me for ages and ages. Let's have some fun, Janet!' 'Yes, let's! April's a lovely month – it's warm, and sunny too, and Mummy will let us off on picnics any day we like,' said Janet.

第一章假期开始了，复活节终于放假了！彼得说。 “我以为他们永远不会来了。 是吗，珍妮特？“是的。“这段时间太长了，”珍妮特说。 “不过我们现在已经分手了，谢天谢地。 你不喜欢开学的第一天吗，彼得？“当然！”“我有一种可爱的自由的感觉，”彼得说，“这些洞似乎在我面前延伸了很久很久。 让我们找点乐子，珍妮特！“是的，我们走吧！”“四月是个可爱的月份——天气暖和，阳光明媚，妈妈会让我们随便哪天去野餐，”珍妮特说。

'Scamper, do you hear that? Picnics, I said – and that means rabbit-hunting for you, and long, long walks.' 'Woof!' said Scamper at once, his tail thumping on the floor, and his eyes bright. 'You're the best and finest golden spaniel in the whole world!' said Janet, stroking his silky head. 'And I do so love your long, droopy ears, Scamper. You like it when we have holidays, don't you?' 'Woof!' said Scamper again, and thump-thump-thump went his tail. 'I vote we have a meeting of the Secret Seven as soon as we can,' said Peter. 'Tomorrow, if possible. Picnics and things are much more fun if we all go together.' 'Yes. Let's have a meeting,' said Janet. 'What with exams and one thing and another all the Secret Seven have forgotten about the Society. I haven't thought a word about it for at least three weeks. Gosh – what's the

“斯坎普，你听到了吗？” “野餐，”我说，“那就意味着你要打兔子，还要走很长很长的路。”“汪!斯坎普立刻说，他的尾巴在地板上砰砰作响，他的眼睛闪闪发光。 “你是世界上最好最好的金色猎犬！”珍妮特抚摸着他柔滑的头说。 “我真喜欢你那耷拉着的长耳朵，斯坎普。 你喜欢我们放假的时候，是吗？“汪!斯坎普又说了一遍，尾巴扑通扑通地摆动着。 “我建议尽快召集七人秘密成员开会。”彼得说。 “明天，如果可能的话。如果我们都一起去，野餐和其他事情会更有趣。“是的。 “我们开个会吧，”珍妮特说。 “由于考试和这样那样的事情，所有的秘密七人都忘记了社团。 我至少有三个星期没想过这件事了。 天啊，这是什么

password?' 'Oh, Janet – you haven't forgotten that surely?' said Peter. 'You tell me,' said Janet, but Peter wouldn't. 'You don't know it yourself!' said Janet. 'I bet you don't!' 'Don't be silly,' said Peter. 'You'll have to remember it by tomorrow, if we have a meeting! Where's your badge? I expect you've lost that.' 'I have not,' said Janet. 'But I bet some of the others will have lost theirs. Somebody always does when we don't have a meeting for some time.' 'Better write out short notes to the other five,' said Peter, 'and tell them to come along tomorrow. Got some notepaper, Janet?' 'Yes, I have. But I don't feel a bit like sitting down and writing the first day of the hols,' said Janet. 'You can jolly well help to write them.'

密码?“哦，珍妮特——你不会忘了吧？”彼得说。 “你告诉我，”珍妮特说，但彼得不肯。 “你自己也不知道！”珍妮特说。 “我打赌你不知道！”“别傻了，”彼得说。 “如果我们明天要开会，你必须记住！”你的徽章呢？ 我想你已经失去了它。“我没有，”珍妮特说。 “但我敢打赌，其他一些人肯定已经丢了。 当我们有一段时间没有会议时，总会有人这样做。“最好给另外五个人写个便条，”彼得说，“叫他们明天来。” 有信纸吗，珍妮特？“是的，我有。” “可是开学第一天我一点也不想坐下来写东西，”珍妮特说。 “你完全可以帮忙写。”

'No. I'll bike round to all the others and deliver the notes for you,' said Peter. 'Now it's you who are silly,' said Janet. 'If you're going to everyone's house, why not tell them about the meeting. All this note-writing! You just tell them.' 'All right. It just seems more official if we send out notes for a meeting, that's all,' said Peter. 'What time shall we have it?' 'Oh, half-past ten, I should think,' said Janet. 'And just warn Jack that he's not to let his horrid sister Susie know, or she'll come banging at the door, shouting out some silly password at the top of her voice.' 'Yes. I'll tell him,' said Peter. 'The worst of it is, Susie is so jolly sharp. She always seems to smell out anything to do with the Secret Seven.' 'She would be a better person to have in a club than out of it,' said Janet. 'But we'll never, never let her into ours.'

“不。“我骑自行车到其他人那里去，替你把信送过去。”彼得说。 “现在是你犯傻了，”珍妮特说。 如果你要去每个人的家，为什么不告诉他们会议的事呢？ 写了这么多便条！你只管告诉他们。“好吧。” “只是我们发会议通知似乎更正式，仅此而已。”彼得说。 “我们什么时候开饭？”“哦，我想是十点半吧，”珍妮特说。 “还要提醒杰克，不要让他那讨厌的妹妹苏茜知道，否则她会来敲门，扯着嗓门喊出一些愚蠢的口令。“是的。 “我会告诉他的。”彼得说。 “最糟糕的是，苏茜太犀利了。 她似乎总能嗅出任何与秘密七人有关的事。“她留在俱乐部里比离开要好，”珍妮特说。 “但我们永远、永远不会让她进我们的家。”

'Never,' said Peter. 'Anyway, we can't be more than seven, or we wouldn't be the Secret Seven.' 'Woof!' said Scamper. 'He says he belongs, even if we're seven and he makes the eighth!' said Janet. 'You're just a hanger-on, Scamper, but we simply couldn't do without you.' 'Well, I'm going to get my bike,' said Peter, getting up. 'I'll go round and tell all the others. See you later, Janet. Coming, Scamper?' Off he went, and was soon cycling to one house after another. He went to Colin first, who was delighted to hear the news. 'Good!' he said. 'Half-past ten? Right, I'll be there. I say – whatever's the password, Peter?' 'You've got all day to think of it!' said Peter, with a grin, and rode off to Jack's. Jack was in the garden, mending a puncture in the back wheel of his bicycle. He was very pleased to see Peter.

“从来没有。”彼得说。“不管怎么说，我们不能超过七个人，否则我们就不是秘密七人组了。“汪!斯坎珀说。 “他说他属于这里，即使我们是七个人，他是第八个人！”珍妮特说。 “斯坎普，你只是个过客，我们没有你是不行的。“好吧，我去拿我的自行车，”彼得说着站了起来。 “我去告诉所有的人。 再见，珍妮特。来了,蹦蹦跳跳吗?”他走了，很快就骑着自行车去了一所又一所房子。 他先去找柯林，柯林听到这个消息很高兴。 “好!他说。“钟十? 好的，我会去的。我说，密码是什么，彼得？“你有一整天的时间来考虑这件事！”彼得笑着说，然后骑马去了杰克家。 杰克在花园里修补自行车后轮上的一个窟窿。 他很高兴见到彼得。