Welcome to our bank 歡迎到我們銀行來
Welcome to our bank
″I wish Central Bank would be robbed,″ George Pickens said to himself. He had been making this wish daily from the time he had started work as a teller at the bank.
All over the country banks were being robbed, George thought sourly. Why not this bank？ Were robbers scornful of its four －million － dollar capital？ Were they afraid of Mr. Ackerman, the old bank guard, who hadn＇t pulled out his gun in twenty－two years？
Of course, George had a reason for wanting the bank to be robbed. After all, he couldn＇t simply take the thick bundles of bills that were under his hands all day long. So he had thought of another way to get them. His plan was simple. It went like this：
If Bank Robber A holds up Bank Teller B…
And if Bank Teller B gives Bank Robber A a certain amount of money…
What is to prevent Bank Teller B from keeping all the money left and claiming that it was stolen by Bank RobberA？There was only one problem. Where was Bank RobberA？
One morning George entered the bank feeling something was about to happen.″Good morning,Mr. Burrows.″ he said cheerfully. The bank president muttered something and went into his office.
At two o＇clock Bank Robber A walkedin. George knew he was a bank robber. For one thing, he slunkin. For another thing, he wore a mask.
″This is a holdup.″ the man said roughly. He took a pistol from his pocket. The guard made a small sound.″You,″the bank robber said,″lie down on the floor.″Mr. Ackerman lay down. The robber stepped over to George＇s cage.
″All right.″ he said.″Hand itover.″″Yes,sir.″ said George.″Would you like it in ten－or－twenty－dollar bills？″
″Just hand itover！″
George reached into his cashbox and took all the bills from the top section, close to six thousand dollars. He passed them through the window. The robber snatched them, stuffed them into his pocket, and turned to leave.
Then, while everyone watched Bank Robber A,Bank Teller B calmly lifted off the top section of the cashbox and slipped bills from the bottom section into his pockets.
The bank robber was gone. George fainted. When he woke he smiled up at the worried faces looking down at him.″I＇mall right.″ he said bravely.
″Perhaps you should go home, George.″Mr. Bell, the chief auditor, said.
As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George took the money from his pockets and countedit. He had seven thousand dollars. He was very happy。
The next morning when George arrived at the bank, it was not open for business. But everyone was there, helping to examine the bank＇s records for the special auditMr. Bell was taking.
George was called intoMr. Burrows＇s office. The bank president seemed strangely cheerful.″George,″ he said,″I want you to meetMr. Carruthers, who used to be president of ourbank.″
″Good morning, George.″ saidMr. Carruthers.″Iwas sorry to hear you fainted yesterday. Are you all rightnow？″
″Yes, sir. Just fine, thanks.″
″I＇mglad to hearit. That was quite an adventure. It just goes to show how easy it is to rob ourbank.″
″Sir？″said George, confused.″
George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our little bank can be robbed too. I have retired, but I haven＇t stopped thinking. That＇s why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everybody on histoes.″
″I don＇t understand.″ said George.″Whatgame？″
The old man laughed and whipped out a mask. He placed it over his face andsaid,″All right. Hand itover！″Mr. Burrows laughed but George did not.
″And the money？″ George asked in a small voice.
″Don＇t worry.″Mr. Carruthers said.″I put it all back in your cashbox, all six thousand. We＇re just finishing up the audit now.″ George turned cold with fear.
Behind them, the door opened and Mr. Bell, the chief auditor, put his head into the room.″Mr.Burrows,″ he said gravely,″may I see you a moment？″
歡迎到我們銀行來
“我真希望中央銀行遭劫�！眴讨巍てた纤棺匝宰哉Z道。自從他在這家銀行當(dāng)上出納以來,天天都這樣希望。
全國的銀行都被搶了,怎么不搶這家？他越想越不是滋味兒。難道強(qiáng)盜們看不上這里400萬美元的資金？還是他們怕這里的老警衛(wèi)阿克門先生？他已經(jīng)22年沒掏出他的槍了。
當(dāng)然,喬治有理由盼望這個(gè)銀行遭劫。畢竟,他不可能把他整天經(jīng)手的大捆大捆的鈔票就這么拿走。于是,他想出了另一個(gè)法子把它們弄到手。他的計(jì)劃很簡單,大致如下：
假如強(qiáng)盜甲劫持了銀行出納員乙……假設(shè)乙把一定數(shù)額的錢交給了甲……
那么又有什么能阻止乙把剩下的錢全部私吞,然后就說所有的錢都被甲搶走了呢？問題只有一個(gè),強(qiáng)盜甲在哪兒？
一天早晨,喬治走進(jìn)銀行時(shí)覺得似乎要出事�！霸绯亢�,伯羅斯先生�！彼吲d地向經(jīng)理問候,經(jīng)理嘀咕了什么就走進(jìn)了自己的辦公室。
兩點(diǎn)鐘的時(shí)候,強(qiáng)盜甲走進(jìn)了銀行。喬治知道他是搶銀行的強(qiáng)盜,原因之一是他進(jìn)來時(shí)鬼鬼祟祟,二是他戴著面具。
“這是搶劫！”那家伙粗暴地說。他從口袋里掏出手槍。警衛(wèi)發(fā)出了一點(diǎn)兒聲響。“你,”強(qiáng)盜說：“趴在地上！”阿克門先生趴下了。強(qiáng)盜走到喬治的窗口前。
“好,把錢交出來！”
“是,先生,”喬治答應(yīng)著：“你要10元一張的'還是20元一張的？”
“交出來就行了！”
喬治把手伸進(jìn)裝現(xiàn)金的盒子,把頂層的鈔票都拿了出來———有6000元左右。他把錢從窗口遞出來。強(qiáng)盜抓住錢塞進(jìn)口袋,轉(zhuǎn)身就跑。
當(dāng)大伙都盯著強(qiáng)盜甲的時(shí)候,出納乙沉著地把盒子里下層的鈔票偷偷塞進(jìn)了自己的口袋。
強(qiáng)盜跑了。喬治暈倒在地。當(dāng)他醒來時(shí),朝那一張張焦急地瞧著他的臉微笑。“我沒事�！彼赂业卣f。
“也許你應(yīng)該回家去,喬治。”首席審計(jì)員貝爾先生說。
喬治剛剛安然走進(jìn)自己的臥室,就在門后,從口袋里掏出錢來數(shù)。他有7000美元了,真高興。
第二天早晨,喬治來到銀行。銀行沒有營業(yè),但全體職員都來了,正在協(xié)助貝爾先生進(jìn)行特別查賬,審核銀行記錄。
喬治被叫進(jìn)了伯羅斯先生的辦公室。這位銀行經(jīng)理似乎出人意料地高興�！皢讨�,”他說：“我想讓你見一下我們銀行的前任經(jīng)理卡拉瑟斯先生�！�
“早上好,喬治,”卡拉瑟斯先生說：“聽說你昨天暈倒了,我很難過。你現(xiàn)在好了嗎？”
“是的,先生。全好了,謝謝！”
“我很高興你沒事了。那確實(shí)是非同一般的冒險(xiǎn),這件事說明搶咱們銀行真容易！”
“您說什么？”喬治有些迷惑不解。
“喬治,很抱歉昨天讓你經(jīng)歷了一段難捱的時(shí)刻。因?yàn)榻鼇硭秀y行都遭到了搶劫,我覺得想個(gè)辦法證明咱們的銀行也會(huì)被搶,倒是個(gè)不壞的主意。我已經(jīng)退休了,可我并沒停止思索。這就是為什么昨天我搞了個(gè)小游戲,只不過是為了讓每個(gè)人保持警覺�！�
“我不明白,”喬治說：“什么游戲？”
這位老人笑了,嗖地一下拿出一個(gè)面具,把它戴在自己臉上,說：“好,把錢交出來！”伯羅斯先生哈哈大笑,喬治可笑不出來。
“那錢？”喬治小聲問。
“別擔(dān)心,”卡拉瑟斯先生說：“我已經(jīng)把錢全放回你的現(xiàn)金盒子里了,一共6000。我們就要查完賬了！”喬治嚇得渾身冰涼。
他們身后那扇門開了,首席審計(jì)員貝爾先生把頭伸了進(jìn)來。“伯羅斯先生,”他嚴(yán)肅地說：“您能出來一下嗎？” http://www.ardmore-hotel.com/
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