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I ought to warn you if you haven't read
any of my stories that you may be a

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little disturbed by some of the things
that happen in them.

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When I'm writing a short story, I'm
haunted by the thought that I've got to

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the reader's attention for literally
every second, otherwise I'm dead.

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The one you're going to see now is the
first of a series based on stories that

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have taken me 35 years to write.

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I find them difficult to do well.

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So I work slowly, about two a year.

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This one was filmed in its real setting,
Jamaica.

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I hope you like it.

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Excuse me, please. Yes.

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Do I have your permission to sit here?
Of course. Please, go ahead. Thank you

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very much.

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Splendid day, is it not? But then, of
course, they're all splendid days here

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Jamaica.

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Jamaica. Yes, indeed.

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Who, might I ask, are all these people
here?

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They are not hotel people, no?

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No, I think they're American sailors, or
rather they're learning to be sailors.

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Well, I heard that their training ship
arrived in port yesterday evening.

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I expect this is their period of rest
and recreation.

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You okay?

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Yes, I'm fine.

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It's like filling a drink.

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Good idea.

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How about a rum punch?

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Lovely.

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What's your name?

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Kathy.

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What's yours?

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Tommy.

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You are here on holiday, perhaps?

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Yes. And you?

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No, no, no. It was my wife's idea.

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She insisted on it.

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Forced, as it were.

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Is this chair taken?

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No. Do you mind if we use it?

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Of course not. Go ahead. Thank you.

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Cigarette?

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Oh, thank you very much.

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Here.

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Let me give you a light.

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That will not work in this wind.

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I'm sure it'll work.

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It's American. It always works.

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Always?

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Sure.

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Never fail.

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Not with me, anyway.

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Well, well.

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So you are saying this famous lighter
never fails. Is that what you are

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That's right.

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Never fails.

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I promise you, it never fails.

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One moment, please.

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Now, just one moment.

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Shall we not perhaps have a little bet
on that?

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Shall we not make a little bet on
whether your lighter lights?

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Sure. I'll bet.

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Why not?

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You like to bet, huh? Sure, I'll always
bet.

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I like to bet, too. Why don't we have a
good bet on this thing? A good, big bet,

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hmm? Wait a minute, I can't do that.

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I'm not rich, but I will bet you five or
ten dollars, or whatever it is down

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here in local money.

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Now listen to me.

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We are going to have some fun.

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First we make the bet, then we go to my
room here in the hotel where there is no

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wind, and I bet you cannot light this
famous lighter of yours ten times

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consecutively without missing once.

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I'll bet I can.

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Good. Fine.

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So we agree on the bet?

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Sure. Now you listen to me.

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Outside the hotel is my car. It's a very
fine car.

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Jaguar.

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Jaguar.

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Hey, now, wait a minute.

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I can't put up that kind of stakes.

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Well, this is crazy.

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Not crazy at all. You strike your
lighter successfully ten times one after

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another, and the Jaguar is yours.

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You'd like to have this Jaguar, no?

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Sure.

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I'd like to have a Jaguar. Who wouldn't?

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All right, fine. We have a bet. I put up
my car.

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Then what do I put up?

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I never ask you, my friend, to bet
something you cannot afford. Do you

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understand?

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Then what do I bet?

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I make it very easy for you, yes?

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Okay.

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You make it easy.

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Some small thing you can afford to give
away. And if you did happen to lose it,

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you do not feel too bad. Right?

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Such as what?

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Such as the little finger of your left
hand.

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My what?

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Yes, why not?

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You win, you take the jaguar. You lose,
I take the finger.

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I don't get it. How do you mean you take
the finger?

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I chop it off.

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Chop it off?

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Oh, no.

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That's a crazy bet.

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Let's just make it five or ten dollars.

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Well, well, well, I do not understand.

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You say that your lighter will light,
and yet you do not agree to my bet.

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So, we forget it, yes?

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Might I have a light, please?

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I forgot you didn't have one.

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Thank you. You're from the training
ship, I expect?

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Yes.

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Enjoying it here?

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It's pretty nice.

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Nice people.

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Now, just let me check up on this bed of
yours.

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You say we go up to your room, and if I
make my lighter light ten times running,

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I win your jaguar.

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If it misses just once, then I forfeit
the little finger of my left hand. Is

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that right?

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That is the bet.

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You know, I have studied you.

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Briefly, I admit. But the way you hold
the lighter, for example.

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Obviously, you are right -handed.

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So what use is the little finger of your
left hand?

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If you lose, you don't lose much. If you
win, I ain't how it was.

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But I think you are afraid.

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What do we do if I lose?

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Do I hold my finger out while you chop
it off? No, no, no, no. That would be no

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good. You might be tempted to refuse to
hold it out. No, what I should do, I

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should tie your hands to the table
before we start.

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And then I stand there with a knife
ready to go chop the minute your lighter

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misses.

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Are you serious?

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Well, he's a fine, healthy young man,
no?

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One quick chop is all right. No worry.
He's all right.

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But maybe you don't lose.

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Maybe you win fine automobile instead.

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What year is your car?

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Excuse me, I, uh... I don't understand.

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What year? How old is the car? No, it's
very new. I buy only a few months ago.

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But I see you are not a betting man.

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Most Americans are not.

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Could I see the car?

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Do you wish to accept the bet?

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There it is.

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The white one.

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She's nice, no?

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You like?

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Go on, get in.

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Sit behind the wheel.

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See how comfortable she is.

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Well, I must say, it's a very fine car.

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Wouldn't mind having it myself.

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But is it worth a finger?

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Well, no, of course not.

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They tell me again, isn't it? They're
not really serious.

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I think they are.

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Okay, it's a deal.

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I accept your bet.

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Fine. Good.

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Now, we begin.

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Now, look, I don't like this very much.
Nor do I.

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What do you want to do it for, Tommy? Is
it a bet?

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Yes. Good.

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Now we go see if you can win this car.

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Oh, and you, sir, perhaps you would be
good enough to, how you call it,

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Now, look here.

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Sir, I would consider it a favor.

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Oh, very well. I'll come along.

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But I still don't like it.

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Good. Now we begin.

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Do you really intend going through with
this?

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Sure.

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I don't think you quite know what you're
doing.

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Come in.

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Ah, good.

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Now, there are certain things I want you
to get for me. You see, we are going to

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play a little game here, so I want you
to get me two, no, three things.

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I want some nails, I want a hammer, and
I want a butcher's chopping knife, which

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you can borrow for me from the kitchen.
You can get this, no?

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Chopping knife? Yes, yes, of course.

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You mean a real chopping knife? The kind
that goes chop, chop.

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Off you go now. You can get these things
for me, yes?

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Yes, sir. We'll try it, sir. Of course,
we'll get it.

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Good. And make it soon. As soon as
possible, you get these things.

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Look,

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don't you think this joke's gone far
enough?

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Joke? Who make joke?

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I don't make joke.

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But the bet is preposterous. The bet is
fair.

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He accept the bet, no? It's good.

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My fine, expensive automobile against
his little finger.

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I think it's a fine bet.

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I think it's a stupid, ridiculous bet.

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What'll happen if you lose?

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It won't matter.

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Come to think of it, I can't remember
ever in my life having had any youth

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a little finger in my left hand.

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Observe one left little finger.

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Here he is.

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Here he is.

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And he hasn't ever done a thing for me
yet, so why shouldn't I bet him?

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I think it's a fine bet.

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Can't you talk him out of it?

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I've tried.

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Seems determined to go through with it.

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Thank you.

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Now, before we begin, I will give to the
referee the keys to the car.

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The papers, the ownership papers, and
the insurance are in the pocket of the

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car.

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Ah, good, you have come.

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I have some money for you.

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And hammer, nails.

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And chop, chop.

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Very good. Thank you. Off you go now.
Goodbye.

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Now we begin to prepare ourselves.

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Hmm?

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First, the chair.

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And now, the nails.

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Put in the nails.

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And now all we need is some string.

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If your friend loses, we must rush him
to the hospital, using that damn car if

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necessary. All right.

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At last we are ready.

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There.

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Everything is now ready.

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Okay. Let's do it. You sit here.

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Thank you.

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Now. Put your left hand between the
nails, like this. The nails are there so

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can tie your hand to the table. Now you
must clench the fist.

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No, no, no, no. The little finger is
sticking out like that, lying on the

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Now I will tie your hand with the
string.

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Here we are.

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Begin.

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Around.

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Around.

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Around once more.

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And stop.

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Anyone would think he was organizing
party games.

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Tom, why don't you back out now? We've
got still time.

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Back out?

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I liked this lighter ten times. I want a
great car.

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Where comes your light of faith?

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And it could happen. He'll do.

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He will. He's dying for you to lose.

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I think they're good.

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Excellent, excellent. Now we can begin.
One moment, please.

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So, now, Mr. Referee, you will please
come and tell us when to start.

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Are you sure you still want to go ahead
with this insane business?

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But of course.

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And you?

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Yeah.

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All right.

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Are you ready?

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I'm ready.

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And you.

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White, red.

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Will you please count aloud the number
of times that I light it?

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Yes, I'll do that.

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All right.

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Go ahead.

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One Two

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Three

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Four Five

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Halfway

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Good everything is fine.

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Now you try your lighter again

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He's crazy.

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Crazy. And manners.

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When we were at home, he's taken
altogether 47 fingers from different

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And he has lost 11 cars.

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In the end, they threatened to have him
put away somewhere.

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That's why I brought him here.

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He was just a small bet.

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I suppose he bet you a car.

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Yes.

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The white Jaguar.

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He has no car.

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It is mine.

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And that make it worse.

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That he should bet you when he has
nothing to bet with.

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I'm ashamed.

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I'm very sorry about it all.

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Well, madam, here are your car keys.

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And thank heavens the whole horrible
business is over.

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We're only having a little bet. He
agreed. There's nothing wrong with a

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bet.

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He has not a thing left in the world to
bet with.

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He has not a thing in the world.

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Not a thing.

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As a matter of fact, I won everything
from him a long while ago.

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It took time.

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A lot of time.

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And it was hard work.

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But I win all in the end.

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Yes. I want everything from him
eventually.