Audiobook Dictation: “A lost half-hour? said the old…”

"A lost half-hour?" said the old man.

“丢了的半个钟头？”老人说。

"I've lost something much more serious, I've lost my reputation.

“我丢了比这要紧得多的东西，我丢了我的名声。

It was very dignified and wore tortoise-shell glasses."

它非常庄重，还戴着一副玳瑁眼镜。”

But Bobo had to answer "No," and the old man wandered on again.

可波波只能回答“没有”，老人便又踱步走了。

Another day the simpleton encountered a tall, dark, fierce kind of fellow, who answered his polite question with a scream of rage.

又有一天，这个傻小子碰上一个高个子、黑皮肤、凶神恶煞般的家伙，那人对他礼貌的询问报以一声怒吼。

"A half-hour," he roared.

“半个钟头！”他咆哮道。

"No, I have n't seen your half-hour; I would n't tell you if I had; what's more, I don't want to see it.

“没有，我没见过你的半个钟头；就算见过也不告诉你；再说了，我才不想见它。

I've lost my temper.

我丢了我的好脾气。

Answer me, you silly, have you seen a lost temper anywhere?

回答我，你这傻瓜，你在哪儿见过一个丢了的好脾气吗？

It's about the size of a large melon and has sharp little points."

它大约有个大甜瓜那么大，上面长着尖尖的小刺。”