来自意大利的明信片

鸭绒25（译）

2020年5月14日

一个富豪和一位意大利女人出轨了好几年。

一天晚上，在他们的一次约会中，女人向富豪吐露她怀孕了。

为了不想毁掉自己的名誉和婚姻，富豪提出，如果她回意大利生孩子，他就付给她一大笔钱。要是她愿意留在意大利，他还将提供孩子的抚养费，直到孩子年满18岁。

女人同意了。但她不知道富豪如何才能知道孩子什么时候出生。

为了保守他们之间的秘密，富豪他告诉她，到时候给他寄一张明信片，在背面写上“意大利面”。只要收到明信片，他就会安排汇款。

大约9个月后的一天，富豪回到家，看见满脸困惑的妻子。

“亲爱的。”妻子说，“今天，有一张非常奇怪的明信片寄给你。”

“哦。先给我看看。稍后我再解释。”他说。

妻子把明信片递给丈夫。只见丈夫读完明信片后，脸色发白，昏倒在地。

明信片上写着：“意大利面，意大利面，意大利面。两个有肉丸，一个没有。”

原文： Affair with an Italian

A wealthy man was having an affair with an Italian woman for a few years。

One night，during one of their rendezvous，she confided in him that she was pregnant。

Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage，he paid her a large sum of money if she would go to Italy to have the child。If she stayed in Italy，he would also provide child support until the child turned 18。

She agreed，but wondered how he would know when the baby was born。

To keep it discrete，he told her to mail him a postcard，and write “Spaghetti”on the back。He would then arrange for child support。

One day，about 9 months later，he came home to his confused wife。

“Honey。”She said，“you received a very strange postcard today。”

“Oh，just give it to me and I'll explain it later。”He said。

The wife handed the card over and watched as her husband read the card，turned white，and fainted。

On the card was written “Spaghetti，Spaghetti，Spaghetti。Two with meatballs，one without。”