这只是一个毫无恶意的恶作剧。如果海斯老夫人不是那样一个惯会大惊小怪而又过分拘谨的人,那么这个恶作剧就不会发生了。每年夏天,她都会因为我们从她那儿“借”一些她的宝贝——紫色草莓而向我们大喊大叫,那阵势就好像我们偷了诺克斯堡(注:诺克斯堡是美国联邦政府黄金储备的贮存处)储备的黄金一样……那么好吧,这可是她自作自受,怪不得我们。 This is just a harmless prank. If Mrs. Hayes is not such an accustomed person who is fussed and overly restrained, then this prank will not happen. Every summer, she yells at us because we “borrowed” some of her baby, purple strawberries, from her place. It was as if we had stolen Fort Knox. The reserve of the U.S. federal government’s gold reserves) is the same as that of reserves of gold... Well, this is because she feels like she doesn’t feel like she is.