《童话镇》第244期:稻草织出的金子

 My. I'm so sorry, but, uh... It's... It's chipped. 天啊  我很抱歉  但是它  它碎了一块

You can hardly see it. 你  这几乎看不出来的

Oh, it's just a cup. 不过是个杯子而已

Sheriff Swan, you can go now. 斯旺警长  你现在可以走了

I know exactly what was taken and who did it. 我知道是谁来过  拿走了什么

I've got it from here. 下面由我处理吧

No, you don't. 不行

This was a robbery. Public menace. 这是抢劫  产生了公共威胁

And if you don't tell me what you know, I'll have to arrest you for obstruction¹ of justice. 如果你不把已知情况向我说明  我就不得不以妨害公正的罪名逮捕你

I have a feeling you don't want to be behind bars. 我觉得你肯定不想进监狱

Indeed not. 当然不想

All right, his name's Moe French. 好吧  他叫莫·弗莱斯

He sells flowers. He recently defaulted on a loan. 是卖花的  他最近有个典当超期了

A short time ago, we had a little disagreement over collateral². 前几天  我们在担保上有些小分歧

Okay. I'll go get him, check him out. 好  我会去找他  调查一下

I'm sure you will, assuming I don't find him... 你是该去  鉴于我没有找到他...

Let's just say bad things tend to happen to bad people. 这么说吧  恶人总会有恶报

Is that a threat? 这算是威胁吗

Observation. Good luck. 只是个评论而已  祝你好运

Why do you spin so much? 你织这么多做什么呢

Sorry. It's just... You've spun³ straw into more gold than you could ever spend. 抱歉  我只是...你用稻草织出的金子永远都花不完了

I like to watch the wheel. 我喜欢看着纺车转

Helps me forget. 它能帮助我遗忘

Forget what? 遗忘什么

I guess it worked.  看来我还真忘了

 

1 obstruction   

n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物

参考例句：

• She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
• The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。

2 collateral   

adj.平行的；旁系的；n.担保品

参考例句：

• Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.很多人把个人财产用作小额商业贷款的抵押品。
• Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.由于拿不出东西作为抵押，这里大部分人无法从银行贷款。

3 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。