4 IN THE CAVE

CHAPTER FOUR IN THE CAVE THE SECRET Seven crowded together to see the cave. There was no proper path to it, and they had to squeeze through close-growing bushes of bright yellow broom to get to it. The bushes grew almost up to the cave entrance. 'No wonder Janet and I never spotted this cave before,' said Peter. 'We've been in this old sand quarry heaps of times, but never found the cave. It was only because old Scamper disappeared and we went to look for him that we found it. We were standing here, calling him, when he suddenly appeared under the trailing leaves that hide the cave! Didn't

第四章山洞里的秘密七个人挤在一起看山洞。 没有合适的路可以通往那里，他们必须从长得很近的明黄色扫帚丛中挤过去。 灌木丛几乎一直长到洞口。 “怪不得我和珍妮特以前从没发现过这个山洞。”彼得说。 “我们在这个古老的采石场里待过很多次，但从来没有找到那个洞穴。 只是因为老斯坎普失踪了我们去找他才找到的。 我们正站在这里叫他，他突然出现在隐藏洞穴的落叶下面！没有

you, Scamper?' 'Woof!' said Scamper, and ran into the cave and back, as if to say, 'Do come on, it's a fine place!' The trailing stems that hung down over the entrance certainly hid it very well. Peter pulled the greenery aside. 'It's like a curtain,' he said. 'Look – now you can see into the cave properly.' Everyone bent their heads and looked in. It certainly was a fine cave! 'Nice and big, and with a lovely sandy floor!' said Jack. 'I don't see why you said it's not comfortable, Peter. Sand is lovely to sit on.' 'Oh well, I had to say something against it, as it was Janet's suggestion and mine,' said Peter. By now they were all in the cave. Pam flung herself down on the sand. It was very soft indeed. 'Lovely!' she said. 'I'd like to sleep here in

你,奔跑?“汪!斯坎普说着，跑进洞里又跑回来，好像在说：“来吧，这是个好地方！”垂在洞口的枝干把它藏得很好。 彼得把绿色植物拉到一边。 他说，这就像一个幕布。 “看——现在你可以清楚地看到洞里了。”每个人都低下头往里看。 这确实是一个很好的洞穴！“又大又漂亮，还有可爱的沙地！”杰克说。 “我不明白你为什么说不舒服，彼得。 坐在沙子上很可爱。“哦，好吧，我不得不说点反对的话，因为这是珍妮特和我的建议，”彼得说。 这时他们都进了洞。 帕姆扑倒在沙滩上。 它确实很软。“可爱的!她说。 “我想在这儿睡个懒觉

this sand. I could burrow my body down into it and make a lovely bed. It's a wonderful meeting-place, I think.' 'Nobody would ever find it!' said George, looking round. 'It's a bit dark, that's the only thing. It's that green curtain over the entrance that makes it so dark.' Janet obligingly held the curtain back, and the sun streamed into the cave. 'Fine!' said Colin. 'We can have the curtain back when we're just playing about, and draw it when we're having a secret meeting. Couldn't be better. A cave with a ready-made curtain!' 'And look, the cave has a rock roof, all uneven, high here and low there,' said Barbara. 'And there are rocky shelves round the walls; we can use those to put our things on. We'll bring all kinds of things here! I expect we'll have to use this cave all the Easter hols, so we'll make it a kind of home as well as a

这沙子。我可以把我的身体钻进去，做一张可爱的床。 我认为这是一个很棒的聚会场所。“谁也找不到！”乔治扭头问。 “只是有点暗，仅此而已。 是门口那块绿色的帘子把这里弄得这么黑。”珍妮特亲切地拉开窗帘，阳光照进了山洞。 “好!科林说。“我们玩耍的时候可以把窗帘拉起来，开秘密会议的时候就把它拉开。 再好不过了。一个有现成窗帘的洞穴！“你看，这个洞有个岩石顶，高低不平，”芭芭拉说。 “墙壁周围有岩石架子；我们可以用它来穿衣服。 我们会把各种各样的东西都带来！我想我们整个复活节假期都要用这个洞穴，所以我们可以把它当成家，同时也是

meeting-place, shall we?' Everyone thought this was a very good idea. 'We'll bring the shed cushions here,' said Janet. 'And a box for a table.' 'And keep food here, and lemonade or orangeade,' said Jack. 'Won't it be fun?' 'Yes, and you'll have to be careful not to let Susie follow you here,' said Peter warningly. 'She'd just love to come here and mess things about, bring her silly, giggling friends with her too, I expect, and have a picnic or something in the middle of the cave.' 'I'll be very careful,' promised Jack. 'Well, I must say this is a brilliant place for the Secret Seven. Not too far away, perfectly secret, quite lonely, and our very own. Can any of us come here when we like, Peter? When there's not a meeting or anything planned? I'd love to come and read here by myself.' 'Yes. I don't see why this shouldn't be a kind of headquarters as well as a meeting-place,'

见面的地方，好吗？”每个人都认为这是个好主意。 “我们把棚子的靠垫搬到这儿来，”珍妮特说。 “还有一个盒子当桌子。“把食物放在这儿，还有柠檬水或橙汁，”杰克说。 “那不是很有趣吗？”“是的，你得小心别让苏西跟着你到这儿来。”彼得警告说。 “她就是喜欢到这里来捣乱，我想，还会带上她那些傻乎乎、傻笑的朋友，在山洞中央野餐什么的。“我会非常小心的，”杰克保证说。 “嗯，我得说这里是秘密七人组的绝佳场所。 不太远，完全秘密，相当孤独，而且是我们自己的。 彼得，我们谁想来都可以吗？ 在没有会议或其他计划的情况下？ 我很想一个人来这里读书。“是的。 我不明白为什么这里不应该既是一个会议场所，也是一个总部。

said Peter. 'Anyone can come whenever they like, but please leave it tidy, and don't go and eat all the food we leave here!' 'Of course not,' said everyone at once. 'If we come alone and want something to eat we'll bring it ourselves,' said Colin, and everyone agreed. 'Now, let's see. We'll come tomorrow at half-past ten,' began Peter, but Jack interrupted before he could say any more. 'Oh, earlier than that, Peter! It's going to be fun; I'd like to come earlier. Can't we make it half-past nine?' 'No, because Janet and I have jobs to do for our father and mother,' said Peter. 'We'll say ten, if you like. We can get our jobs done by then, I expect.' 'I've got jobs to do as well,' said Pam. 'I always help Mother with the housework in the hols. So does Barbara.' 'Well, say ten,' repeated Peter. 'And bring

彼得说。“任何人想什么时候来都行，但请保持整洁，别把我们留在这里的食物都吃光了！”“当然不是，”大家异口同声地说。 “如果我们单独来，想吃点东西，我们就自己带。”柯林说，大家都同意了。 “现在，让我看看。“我们明天十点半来。”彼得刚开口，杰克就打断了他的话。 “哦，比那更早，彼得！”这将会很有趣；我想早点来。 我们不能定在九点半吗？“不，因为珍妮特和我要为爸爸妈妈做点事，”彼得说。 “如果你愿意，我们就说十个吧。 我想到那时我们可以把工作做完。“我也有工作要做，”潘说。 “我总是帮妈妈做家务。 芭芭拉也是。“好吧，十个吧，”彼得重复道。 ”,把

what you can to make the cave comfortable and homely. Bring books if you like – the cave's quite dry – and games.' Everyone was sorry to leave the exciting cave. It really was a nice one, spacious, though the roof was not very high, and it was only in places that the Seven could stand upright – clean, with its floor of soft sand – and reaching back into a very nice, mysterious darkness, quite out of reach of the sunshine. Peter held back the curtain of greenery till everyone had gone out. Then he let it drop into place and arranged it so that hardly a bit of the entrance showed. Nobody at all would ever guess there was a big cave behind it, going right into the hill beyond! Scamper came out last of all, his tail wagging madly. He liked the cave. It was exciting. There was no smell of rabbits in it, which was disappointing, but it was good fun to pretend there was, and to scrabble hard at

尽你所能使洞穴舒适和舒适。 如果你愿意，可以带书来——山洞里很干——还有游戏。”每个人都很遗憾要离开这个令人兴奋的洞穴。 这的确是一个不错的房间，宽敞，虽然屋顶不是很高，而且只有在七个人能够站得直的地方——干净的，地板是柔软的沙子——并且向后延伸到一个非常漂亮的、神秘的黑暗中，完全看不到阳光。 彼得把绿色的帘子拉开，直到大家都出去了。 然后他把它放好，把它放好，几乎看不出一点入口。 没有人会猜到它后面有一个大洞，一直延伸到山那边！斯坎普最后出来了，它的尾巴疯狂地摇着。 他喜欢这个山洞。太令人兴奋了。 没有兔子的味道，这让人很失望，但假装有兔子的味道，然后使劲地抓，还是很有趣的