04 (54) Part IV. IS IT AN ADVENTURE — II. Повесть "THE SECRET SEVEN". After Enid Blyton

Part four Is it an adventure?0:09

The words to be introduced before listening at top speed to feel ashamed impatiently.0:12

Nitterpilive thankfully in disgust.0:25

ZDES sresdrezhenim.0:31

A cheat, I bet.0:34

Sporim actually.0:39

NASA mjiri fakcyski Clean shaven.0:43

A pearl necklace.0:49

Colin got down the tree.0:55

He stood at the foot, looking cautiously round.0:58

Nobody was in sight.1:02

The man had completely disappeared.1:03

Ill run at top speed and hope for the best, thought Colin.1:07

And off he went.1:11

Nobody stopped him.1:13

Nobody shouted at him.1:14

He felt rather ashamed of himself when he came to the field path and saw the cows looking at him in surprise.1:16

He went back to the farmhouse where Peter and Janet lived.1:25

Maybe the Secret Seven were still down in the shed, taking off their red Indian things and washing the paint off their faces.1:30

He ran down the path to the shed.1:39

The door was shut as usual.1:42

There was the sound of voices from inside the shed.1:44

Colin knocked.1:48

Let me in.1:50

He cried.1:51

Im back too.1:52

There was a silence.1:54

The door didn't open.1:56

Colin banged again impatiently.1:58

You know it's only me.2:01

Open the door.2:03

Still it didn't open.2:05

And then Colin remembered he must give the password.2:07

Of course.2:11

What in the world was it?2:13

Thankfully he remembered it as he saw some brilliant red Indian feathers through the shed window.2:16

Indians.2:24

He shouted.2:25

The door opened and now everybody in the district knows our latest password, said Peter's voice in disgust.2:26

We'll have to choose another.2:38

Come in.2:41

Where have you been?2:42

We shouted and shouted for you at Little Thicket.2:44

I know, I heard you, said Colin, stepping aside.2:48

I say, I'm sorry I shouted out the password like that, but I wasn't.2:53

I I've got some news.3:00

Most unusual news.3:03

What is it?3:06

Asked everyone, and stopped washing the paint from their faces.3:07

You know when Peter stood up and shouted out that he'd found a man in hiding, don't you?3:13

Said Colin.3:21

Well, I was quite nearby, as a matter of fact.3:22

I was up a tree.3:27

Cheat.3:30

Said George.3:31

That's not playing Red Indians.3:32

Who said it wasn't?3:36

Asked Colin.3:38

I bet red Indians climbed trees as well as crawled on their tummies.3:39

Anyway, I was up that tree and would you believe it, the man that Peter found came running up to my tree and climbed it too.3:45

Oh, Said George.3:58

What did you do?4:01

Nothing, said Colin.4:04

He didn't come up quite as far as I was.4:06

So I just sat quietly and didn't make a sound.4:10

I saw him before Peter did, actually.4:14

I saw him on the top of the wall that surrounds Milton Manor.4:17

Then he got down, ran to the thicket and disappeared.4:22

What happened in the end?4:27

Asked Janet, excited.4:28

After you'd all gone, he got down the tree and went away, said Colin.4:31

I didn't see him any more.4:37

I got down too and ran for home.4:39

I felt a bit frightened, actually.4:43

Whatever was he doing behaving like that?4:46

Wondered Jack.4:50

What was he like?4:51

Well, I only saw the top of his head and his ears, said Colin.4:53

Did you see him closely?5:00

Peter rather, said Peter.5:01

But he wasn't anything out of the ordinary, really.5:06

Clean shaven, dark haired, nothing much to remember him by.5:09

Well, I think that's the last we'll hear of him, said Barbara.5:15

The adventure that passed us by.5:20

We shall never know exactly what he was doing and why.5:23

He has spoilt our afternoon.5:30

Anyway, said Pam, though I'm sure it's impossible to find and catch anybody hiding up a tree like that.5:32

We shall have to make a rule that trees are not to be climbed when we are playing at stalking.5:39

When's our next meeting and are we going to have a new password?5:48

Asked Janet.5:52

Well, meet on Wednesday evening, said Peter.5:54

Keep your eyes and ears open for anything exciting or mysterious, as usual.5:58

It's a pity we didn't capture that man or find out more about him.6:04

I'm sure he was up to no good.6:10

What about a password?6:14

Asked Janet again.6:15

Well, we'll have adventure, I think, said Peter.6:18

So, seeing we've just missed one, they all went their several ways home, and except Colin, nobody thought much more of the man at Little Thicket.6:22

But the radio that evening suddenly made all the Secret Seven think of him again.6:35

Lady Lucy Thomas's pearl necklace was stolen from her bedroom at Milton Manor this afternoon, said the announcer.6:43

Nobody saw the thief or heard him and he got away.6:52

Peter and Janet were listening to the radio.6:57

That's the man we saw.7:00

Shouted Peter.7:02

Would you believe it?7:04

Call a meeting of the Secret Seven for tomorrow, Janet.7:07

This is an adventure again.7:10