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Age has it's advantages
老馬識途
A young vice president of a bank had embezzled $200,000, and squandered it at the race track. The bank examiners were due the next day, and there was no way he could conceal his crime. What's more, when he told the sad tale to his wife, she packed her bags and left him.
一位年輕的銀行副總裁挪用了二十萬美金的公款，并悉數(shù)浪費在賽馬上，銀行的督察第二天就要來視察，而他也沒辦法隱瞞他的不法行為。更糟的是，當(dāng)他把此一不幸的消息告訴他老婆時，她竟收拾行李，離他而去。
Totally despondent, the young man headed for the nearest bridge and prepared to throw himself into the river. Just as he was about to leap off, a hideous old hag ran up to him, shouting for him to stop.
年輕人非常沮喪地走向離家最近的一座橋想投河自盡。就在他要跳下水時，一位面目可憎的老巫婆跑上前去，制止了他的行動。
"You don't understand," explained the banker, and told her about his predicament.
“你不了解我的痛苦，”銀行家說道，并且把他的困境告訴老巫婆。
"Ha-ha," chortled the hag. "Why, that's nothing. It just so happens that I'm a witch, and I can solve all your problems "The witch seemed to concentrate, made some mystic signs and uttered a series of bizarre phrases.
“哈哈!”巫婆咯咯地笑，“那也沒什么，剛好我是個女巫，我可解決你所有的難題。接著女巫似乎全神專注地在空中比劃一些玄妙的符號，口中還念著一大串奇怪的話。
"There you are," she said triumphantly. "Not only is the money returned, but there's another $ 200,O0O in your safe deposit box And your wife is back at home and the whole matter has been erased from her memory. "
“你的問題我都幫你解決了，”她得意洋洋地說道，“不僅要回了你那二十萬，你的保險柜里面還多了二十萬美金!你太太也已回家，而且我已從她的記憶中除去了這件不愉快的事!”
"My God, can this really be true?" exclaimed the man.
“我的天啊，你說的是真的嗎?，’那個人說道。
"Of course," replied the hag. "But if you want to keep it true, you must do one thing. You must take me to a hotel and screw my brains out. "
“當(dāng)然啦!”巫婆回答道，“但是你如果要我保持目前這個狀況的話，就必須答應(yīng)我一件事，帶我到旅社并和我做愛一個晚上。”
The man gulped, for the old woman was truly hideous, and smelt horrible as well. But seeing no alternative, he did as she requested, and holding his nose and averting his eyes, performed his duty manfully all night.
那個老兄吞了一口口水，因為女巫不但長像可怕，而且渾身臭氣逼人。由于別無選擇，他答應(yīng)了她的要求，整個晚上他屏住氣息，別過臉避開巫婆的視線，不停地履行他的承諾。
In the morning, as he was getting dressed, the repulsive crone turned to him and said, "Sonny, how old are you anyway?"
隔天早上，銀行家正在穿衣服，那令人厭惡的丑老太婆面向他問道：“小老弟，你究竟多大年紀呢?”
"Thirty-three," replied the executive.
“三十三，”老兄答道。
"And don't you think you're a little bit old to believe in witches?"
“那你不認為你實在年長得可以不相信有巫婆的存在了嗎?”
