靈異故事:The Bells 2(教堂鐘聲 2)

One night the sweeper was awakened from his dreams by the sound of the parish bells ringing out loudly in the darkness. He leapt to his feet, fearing some emergency, and then realized that his wife and children had not stirred in their beds. Remembering the evil priest's last words, the sweeper felt sure that the mysterious ringing of the bells was for his ears alone, to lead him to the treasure.
Taking his shovel, the sweeper followed the sound of the church bells up into the hills. He was gasping for breath when he reached the source of the sound. He was on a wide ledge overlooking the valley. Two trees guarded the spot, and it was beside these trees that the glowing, ghostly church bells hovered. Taking his shovel, the poor sweeper dug a deep hole among the roots of the trees. After several moments, his shovel hit something hard! Eagerly, he swept the dirt away from the object and found a small chest. He hauled it out of the ditch with trembling hands, placed it on a rock, and broke the lock with the edge of his shovel. when he opened it, piles of yellow gold met his dazzled eyes. He gathered up a handful of coins, reveling in the weight of so much money. The coins were cool to his touch, and he felt the smoothness of the metal as he rubbed the coins between his fingers. And that was when he heard the moaning...
有一天晚上，他被教堂的鐘聲喚醒，鐘聲在夜晚時分顯得格外洪亮。他恐怕是發(fā)生了什么突發(fā)事件于是就下了床，但是隨即發(fā)現(xiàn)妻子和孩子們還都在熟睡中。他想起邪惡神父的臨終遺言，此時他確信這神秘的鐘聲肯定只是給他一個人聽的，是在引領(lǐng)著他去找那些黃金。
他拿起鐵锨，跟著鐘聲傳來的方向上了山，來到聲音發(fā)出的地方已經(jīng)是上氣不接下氣。這里巖石向外突出形成一片寬闊的平臺，站在上面可以俯瞰下面的山谷。有兩棵樹守護(hù)著這里，旁邊縈繞著洪亮而又有點(diǎn)陰森恐怖的鐘聲?？蓱z的清潔工掄起鐵锨，在兩棵樹中間深深的挖了下去，過了沒多久，鐵锨碰到了一個硬邦邦的東西。他迫不及待的拂去上面的土，發(fā)現(xiàn)那是個小箱子。他顫抖著雙手把箱子拽了出來放到一塊石頭上，用鐵锨砸開了鎖。當(dāng)他打開蓋子，滿滿一箱黃澄澄的金子簡直讓他眼花繚亂。他抓了滿滿一手金幣，見自己有了如此多的錢他此時心花怒放。金幣很涼，他用手指摩挲著它們體會著黃金表面的平滑，這時他聽到了呻吟的聲音…