軍警笑話：7、 Police and "writer" 警察和“作家”

7. Police and "writer"

One night a hotel caught fire1, and the people who were staying in it ran out in their night clothes.

Two men stood outside and looked at the fire.

Before I came out, said one, "I ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money. People don't think of money when they're afraid. When anyone leaves paper money in a fire, the fire burns it. So I took all the bills2 that I could find. No one will be poorer because I took them."

You don't know my work, said the other.

What is your work?

I'm a policeman.

Oh! cried the first man. He thought quickly and said, "and do you know my work?"

No, said the policeman.

I'm a writer. I'm always telling stories about things that never happened.

Notes:

1. caught fire 著火

2. bill 鈔票

警察和“作家”

一天晚上，一家旅館失火，住在這家旅館里的人穿著睡衣就跑了出來。兩個人站在外面，看著大火。

“在我出來之前”，其中一個人說，“我跑進一些房間，找到了一大筆錢。人在恐懼中是不會想到錢的。如果有人把紙幣留在火里，火就會把它燒成灰燼。所以我把我所能找到的鈔票都拿走了。沒有人會因為我拿走它們而變得更窮?！?

“你不知道我是干什么的。”另一個人說。

“你是干什么的？”

“我是警察。”

“噢！”第一個人叫了起來。他靈機一動，說：“那你知道我是干什么的？”

“不知道?！本煺f。

“我是個作家。我總是愛編一些從未發(fā)生過的故事?！?

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