有兩個精神病願的病人,有一天晚上他們決定不要繼續待在精神病院(See, there were these two guys in a lunatic asylum… and one night, one night they decide they don’t like living in an asylum any more. )
他們決定逃院,他們爬上屋頂。 屋頂距離另一間大樓只有一道小小的夾縫,他們跳過去就能通往自由,但他們只能憑藉著微弱的月光跳過,第一個人他輕而易舉的跳過去了。(They decide they’re going to escape! So, like, they get up onto the roof, and there, just across this narrow gap, they see the rooftops of the town, stretching away in the moon light… stretching away to freedom. Now, the first guy, he jumps right across with no problem. )
但第二個人他不敢跳,於是第一個人想到了一個方法(But his friend, his friend didn’t dare make the leap. Y’see… Y’see, he’s afraid of falling. So then, the first guy has an idea… )
他說:「嘿!我有帶手電筒,我可以用手電筒替你照亮縫隙,這樣你就可以跳過去了。」(He says “Hey! I have my flashlight with me! I’ll shine it across the gap between the buildings. You can walk along the beam and join me!” )
但第二個人搖頭說:「你認為我發瘋了嗎?你一定會趁我走到一半的時候把手電筒關掉。」(B-but the second guy just shakes his head. He suh-says… He says “Wh-what do you think I am? Crazy? You’d turn it off when I was half way across!)
「In my whole life, I didn’t know if I even really existed. But I do. And people are starting to notice. (一直以來我都不確定我是否真實存在,但我現在很確定。)」 Arthur在殺了人之後,登上了報紙頭版,這件事情讓他感覺到被世界承認。 (他把自己的新聞貼在家裡的牆上) 從這之後他對於自己存在不再懷疑。