1. By the time Ben was tired out, Tom had traded the next chance to Billy Fisher for a kite in good repair; and when he played out, Johnny Miller bought in for a dead rat and a string to swing it with; and so on, and so on, hour after hour. 等到本累垮了,汤姆早已把粉刷权转让给比利·费希尔,换来一只完好的风筝。比利·费希尔干不下去了,约翰尼·米勒把粉刷权买了下来,代价是一只死耗子,和一条甩着玩的绳子。于是买主一个接着一个地来了,时间也一小时又一小时地过去了。