红酋长的赎金 The Ransom of Red Chief（6）

Mr Ebenezer Dorset:

We have your son. Do you want to see him again?

Then you must give us a ransom¹ of $ 1,500.

Give us the money tonight. There are three big trees near the Summit River. Put your answer in the tallest tree.

Do not tell the police about this.

From

What names can we put?

I know ...

Two desperate men

Look at this letter, Bill! It's money in the bank.

埃比尼泽·多塞特先生：

你的儿子在我们手上。你还想再见到他吗?

那么你就必须给我们1,500美元的赎金。

今晚把钱交给我们。萨米特河边有三棵大树。把你的回信放到最高的那棵树上。

不要报警。

咱们应该署什么名字呢?

我知道了……

两个亡命之徒

瞧瞧这封信，比尔!钱就要到手了。

 

1 ransom   

n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救

参考例句：

• We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。
• The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。