Moe, Larry, and Curly were wandering in the Arabian desert when they were captured by a band of ferocious¹ Bedouin.

莫伊。赖利和卷毛三个傻瓜走在阿拉伯沙漠中时，一群残暴的贝都因人把他们抓了起来。

"By the code of the desert you miserable² infidels must be destroyed," declared their savage³ leader. "Set up the guillotine !"

“依据我们沙漠的规定，你们这些可怜的异教徒必须被处死，”野蛮的首领说道。“把断头台架设好。”

Moe was the first to be ordered to the death instrument.

莫伊首先被命令上断头台，但令人惊讶的是，刀具落下时在接近脖子地方就停止不动了。

The blade descended⁴ but, amazingly, stopped just short of his neck.

“这是个奇迹！”这位阿拉伯人说道。“把他放走！”

"It's a miracle! " declared the Arab. "Release him!"

接着赖利把头放在像剃刀刀片一样锐利的大刀之下，但又一次刀子在接近他的颈部地方停了下来。

Next, Larry placed his head under the huge, razor-sharp blade. But once again it stopped short of his neck.

“奉阿拉真主之命，又是另一个奇迹！”酋长又一次宣布。“放了他！”

"By Allah, another miracle!" affirmed the sheik once more. "Release him! "

最后卷毛被带到那不吉利的断头台上，仔细察看后，他发现一块小木片挡住了刀锋的去路。

Finally, Curly was led to the ominous⁵ device. Looking closely he noticed a splinter of wood blocking the path of the blade.

“难怪它不发生作用，”他宣布道。

"Well, no wonder it,s not working," he announced.

“你们的问题就在这里……”

"Here's your problem right here."