The Cemetery Shortcut | 墓地捷径

English Original

Two men were walking home after a Halloween party and decided to take a shortcut through the cemetery just for laughs.

Right in the middle of the cemetery, they were startled by a tap-tap-tapping noise coming from the misty shadows.

Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones.

"Holy cow, Mister," one of them said after catching his breath, "You scared us half to death -- we thought you were a ghost! What are you doing working here so late at night?"

"Those fools!" the old man grumbled. "They misspelled my name!"


中文翻译

万圣节派对结束后,两个男人为了找乐子,决定抄近路穿过墓地回家。

就在墓地中央,他们被迷雾阴影中传来的“嗒、嗒、嗒”声吓了一跳。

两人吓得浑身发抖,发现一个老人正拿着锤子和凿子,在一块墓碑上凿着什么。

“天哪,先生,”其中一人喘过气来说道,“你把我们吓得半死——我们还以为你是鬼呢!这么晚了,你在这里做什么?”

“那群白痴!”老人抱怨道,“他们把我名字拼错了!”

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