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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？″

欢迎到我们银行来

“我真希望中央银行遭劫。”乔治·皮肯斯自言自语道。自从他在这家银行当上出纳以来,天天都这样希望。

全国的银行都被抢了,怎么不抢这家？他越想越不是滋味儿。难道强盗们看不上这里400万美元的资金？还是他们怕这里的老警卫阿克门先生？他已经22年没掏出他的枪了。

当然,乔治有理由盼望这个银行遭劫。毕竟,他不可能把他整天经手的大捆大捆的钞票就这么拿走。于是,他想出了另一个法子把它们弄到手。他的计划很简单,大致如下：

假如强盗甲劫持了银行出纳员乙……假设乙把一定数额的钱交给了甲……

那么又有什么能阻止乙把剩下的钱全部私吞,然后就说所有的钱都被甲抢走了呢？问题只有一个,强盗甲在哪儿？

一天早晨,乔治走进银行时觉得似乎要出事。“早晨好,伯罗斯先生。”他高兴地向经理问候,经理嘀咕了什么就走进了自己的办公室。

两点钟的时候,强盗甲走进了银行。乔治知道他是抢银行的强盗,原因之一是他进来时鬼鬼祟祟,二是他戴着面具。

“这是抢劫！”那家伙粗暴地说。他从口袋里掏出手枪。警卫发出了一点儿声响。“你,”强盗说：“趴在地上！”阿克门先生趴下了。强盗走到乔治的窗口前。

“好,把钱交出来！”

“是,先生,”乔治答应着：“你要10元一张的还是20元一张的？”