Hate 仇恨 Suddenly the war was over, and Hitler was captured and brought to Amsterdam. A military tribunal condemned him to death. But how should he die? To shoot or hang him seemed too quick, too merciful. Then someone uttered what was in everybody’s mind: the man who caused such incredible suffering should be burned to death. 战争突然结束了，希特勒被抓，押回阿姆斯特丹。军事法庭判他死刑。但应该怎么处死他呢？无论是开枪还是上绞刑都太过干脆，太仁慈了。于是有人说出了所有人的心里话：像这种罪大恶极的人就应该被活活烧死。 “But,” objected one judge, “our biggest public square in Amsterdam holds 10,000 people, and 7,000,000 Dutch men, women and children will want to be there to curse him during his dying moments.” “等等”一名法官反对道，“我们阿姆斯特丹最大的广场也只能容纳一万人，但荷兰老老少少700万人肯定都想亲眼目睹处死这个罪人的那一刻啊。” Then another judge had an idea. Hitler should be burned at the stake, but the wood was to be ignited by the explosion of a handful of gunpowder set off by a long fuse which should start in Rotterdam and follow the main road to Amsterdam by way of Delft, The Hague, Leiden and Haarlem. Thus millions of people crowding the wide avenues which connect those cities could watch the fuse burn its way northward to Herr Hitler’s funeral pyre. 这时另一位法官有了主意。希特勒应该绑在火刑桩上烧死，我们拿一把火药来点燃木柴，而木柴要用一条很长的导火线引燃。这条导火线以鹿特丹为始点，沿着主干道径代尔夫特、海牙、莱顿、和哈勒姆一直铺到阿姆斯特丹。这样，数百万人就可以围在连接各个城市的道路两旁看着火线由南向北一路烧到希特勒的火刑桩那里。 A plebiscite was taken as to whether this was fitting punishment. There was 4, 981, 076 yeas and one nay. The nay was voted by a man who preferred that Hitler be pulled to pieces by four horses. 人们举行了一次投票来看此法是否妥当。共计4, 981, 076 票赞成，1票反对。而这个唯一反对者更希望看到希特勒被五马分尸。 At last the great day came. The ceremony commenced at four o’clock on a June morning. The mother of three sons who had been shot by the Nazis for an act of sabotage they did not commit set fire to the fuse while choir sang a solemn hymn of gratitude. Then the people burst forth into a shout of triumph.