"Driving home on the deafeningly noiseless road, the feeble ray of my headlight was alive with dust as it chased away layers of darkness. Overhead, the
sky was half crystalline, half misty, and the atmosphere was chill and vibrant
with rich tension. High above, ringed all about with a sickly yellow glare, the
sinking moon struggled in vain to escape from a pursuing cloud.
「我開著車子在鴉雀無聲地回家的路上，靠著微弱的大燈照亮我的路。那天晚上的天空充滿了神秘的氣氛。一個暗黃色的滿月高掛在天上，時而被雲朵蓋住，時而又露臉，彷彿和雲朵在玩捉迷藏。
"Abruptly, my car mutinied, forcing me to exit and
examine it; the icy wind bit into my bare cheeks and the darkness, as thick as velvet, engulfed
the surroundings, suffocating me. Anonymous and malevolent, a force compelled me
to bend down and glimpse beneath my car.
「突然，我的車子停止運轉了，迫使我下車檢查。寒風刺骨、黑夜像厚重棉被一樣的蓋住了週遭。一種莫名的力量指引著我彎下腰，看看車底。
"By luck, if it was indeed luck, a white box perched there, as if awaiting
me to pick it up. Impatiently, with quivering hands, I opened it and lying there almost eagerly to be discovered was a golden necklace
with a dangling red ruby, a watchful eye with a penetrating stare; like a
lonely child who was eager for company, luring me into its merciless grasp.
「不料，車底下果然有著一個白色的盒子，彷彿在等待著我去把它撿起來一般。我用著顫抖的手將它打開，赫然發現一條鑲著紅寶石的金項鍊在盒子裏，就像是一個孤獨的孩子等著有人去陪他，就這樣，一步步地，我陷入了它的魔掌。
"Authoritative and avaricious, a rapid desire overcame
me to gain possession of the necklace, in order to protect it from malicious
hands. Nonetheless, the desire soon faded, leaving me with a perfect excuse of
taking it home, in fear of it being blanketed by the potential overnight snow and be
lost forever to its rightful owner.
「一種莫名的貪念讓我想擁有這條項鍊，這樣才不會落入壞人的手。很快地，貪念馬上就消失了，但留下了一個完美的藉口讓我將它帶回家：怕它被夜晚的大雪給蓋住了，這樣就無法將其物歸原主了。
"Exhausted, I was just retiring to bed when the sound
of the doorbell stomped upstairs and slapped all my fatigue away. Dragging my cumbersome
feet downstairs, I opened the door and was astonished to see a benign, old lady apologising for the lateness of her call and claiming to be the owner of the necklace.
「筋疲力竭的我正要就寢時，突如其來的門鈴聲將我的疲憊統統都趕走了。拖著沈重的步伐，我走下樓梯開門後驚訝地發現一位老太太站在門口。她對於拜訪的時間這麼晚道歉後，向我表示自己是項鍊的主人。
~To be Continued~
～待續～
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