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Sixteen A Gun Fight
第十六課 槍戰
"Draw!" Wild Bill yelled across the street with his right hand just above his pistol.
"拔槍!" 懷爾德比爾從街對面喊道，他的右手就在他的手槍上面。
"No, sir!" Dicky Cartwright replied.
"先生，不要！"迪基卡特萊特回答說。
"I ain't got no beef with you Bill, as such.
"比爾，我本身對你沒有不滿。
And even though I'm as right as rain about this one, you've always been as steady as a rock when it comes to gun duels!
即使這次我毫無問題，但只要是持槍決斗，你向來堅如磐石！
As soon as I draw, you'll shoot me!"
我一拔槍，你就會向我射擊的！
"Doggone it, Dicky.
"他媽的，迪基。
As usual, you 're as stubborn as a mule!
像平常一樣，你像騾子一樣固執！
You know I didn't steal that saddlebag!
你知道我沒有偷那個工具包！
I found it along the road, as luck would have it, and it's mine to keep!
我是碰巧在路上見到的，所以它就是我的啦！
As to your not drawing first, well I guess I'll have to shoot you anyway!"
至于你不首先拔槍嘛，我想我還是得開槍打你！"
Dicky turned as white as a sheet.
迪基嚇得臉色蒼白。
He almost fell over in fear as well.
他還差點摔了一跤。
He felt as if he was suddenly as weak as a kitten.
他感覺好像突然身體都虛了。
Then he felt his legs became as warm as toast--he had wet himself.
接著他又感到他的腿暖烘烘的--原來是他尿褲子了。
"Well, then you better shoot me as soon as possible before I die of embarrassment!"
"好吧，你最好盡快殺了我，免得我死的很難看！"
As it turned out, that was what saved Dicky Cartwright.
結果是這句話救了迪基卡特賴特。
Wild Bill started laugh-ing and put his gun down.
懷爾德比爾開始大笑起來，他放下了手槍。
And as long as Wild Bill wasn't pointing at him anymore, Dicky slowly moved towards the door of the sheriff's office.
既然懷爾德比爾不再拿著槍指著他，迪基慢慢移向縣治安官辦公室門口。
When the sheriff returned he said that, as the case may be, the saddlebag really did belong to Wild Bill.
縣治安官回來時說，那個工具包或許真的屬于懷爾德比爾。
Its owner had died and Wild Bill was the first to find the bag.
它的主人已經死了，懷爾德比爾是第一個發現那個包的。
Now whether Wild Bill killed the owner of that bag, no one would ever know.
懷爾德比爾是否殺死了工具包的主人現在已經不得而知。
But Dicky Cartwright lived through a show down with Wild Bill.
但迪基卡爾萊特經歷了與懷爾德比爾的決一死戰。
He would never live it down.
他永遠也無法使人們忘記這個恥辱。
