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There are some fish that cannot be caught.
有些魚人們抓不到
It's not that they're faster or stronger than other fish.
不是因為他們壯碩敏捷
They're just touched by something extra.
而是因為他們擁有別的特質
One such fish was The Beast.
其中有條“大怪魚”
And by the time I was born he was already a legend.
在我出生時，他就已經(jīng)是個傳說
He'd passed up more $ 100 lures than any fish in Alabama.
他是阿拉巴馬最多人想釣的魚 但卻沒人釣得到他
Some said that fish was the ghost of a thief...
有人說這條魚是60年前…
who'd drowned in that river 60 years before.
淹死在河中的小偷冤魂化身
Others claimed he was a dinosaur left over from the "Cruaceous" Period.
還有人說他是恐龍時代的活化石
I didn't put any stock into such speculation or superstition.
我不迷信也不亂猜
All I knew was I'd been trying to catch that fish...
我只知道我從你這個歲數(shù)開始…
since I was a boy no bigger than you.
就一直想釣到這條魚
And on the day you were born...
就在你出生的那天…
Well, that was the day I finally caught him.
我終于釣到他了
Now, I'd tried everything on it:
我在他身上試過各種誘餌：
Worms, lures, peanut butter, peanut butter and cheese.
蟲子、人造餌、花生醬 花生醬加起司
But on that day I had a revelation:
但那天，我腦中靈光乍現(xiàn)
If that fish was Henry Walls' ghost, then the usual bait wasn't gonna work.
那條魚如果是偷兒的冤魂化身 普通魚餌根本沒用
I was gonna have to use something he truly desired.
我得用他真正想要的東西來釣
Your finger? - Gold.
你的手指頭嗎？ -金子
Now, I tied my ring onto the strongest line they made...
我把婚戒用最堅韌的釣線綁妥…
strong enough to hold up a bridge, they said, if only for a few minutes.
那釣線可以撐住一座橋 如果只撐幾分鐘的話
And then I cast upriver.
然后我往上游拋桿.
