逾期65年的書跨越整個國家回到了圖書館

(Reuters) - An overdue copy of "Gonewith the Wind" has been returned to a high school library in Washington state, 65years past its due date, and the grateful school said on Tuesday it was waivinglate fees that at 2 cents a day added up to about $475.

（路透社）——一本逾期未歸還的《飄》已經回到了華盛頓州一所中學的圖書館，這本書在逾期65年後才被歸還。但校方於週二愉悅地表示，學校已經免除了由每天2美分堆積起來的457美元滯納金。

The long-overdue book was checked out ofthe library of a high school in the city of Spokanein 1949, and seemingly disappeared until it was found in Maine by a resident who offered to send itback to the school.

這本拖了很久才歸還的小說是於1949年從斯波坎市的一所高中借出的，這本書後來就跟失蹤了一樣，直到緬因州一居民提出要將該書寄回學校。

"We're delighted to have the bookback, but we wonder where it has been," Lori Wyborney, principal of John R. Rogers High School, said of the 1946 reprint of "GoneWith the Wind," which she estimates to be worth about $350.

John R. Rogers 高中的校長Lori Wyborney 說起這本1946年重印的《飄》，“我們很高興這本書被還了回來，不過我們不知道這本書去過哪裏”，她估計這本書的價值約達350美元。

Wyborney got wind of the long-overduelibrary book in October, after Maineresident Wayne Hachey found it in his father's cellar, with library paperworkstill in the cover.

Wyborney於10月份聽說了這本被長期拖欠的書的下落，緬因州居民Wayne Hachey在他父親的地下室裏發現了這本書，書本的封面仍保留着圖書館的信息。

"Not sure how the book ended up on theEast Coast," Hachey wrote in a letter addressed to the school. "I'dbe willing to ship the book back if this is the same school."

Hachey 在寫給這所中學的信中說，“他不能確定書本是如何跑到東海岸的，如果還是同一所學校的話，我願意將書寄回去”。

Wyborney wrote back, promising to waivelate fees. When the book arrived, school officials tried to sleuth out how ithad traveled across the country. A slip inside the cover said it waschecked out on Jan. 4, 1949, to Betty Mandershied, whose name islisted in the school's 1949 yearbook.

Wyborney回信承諾會免除滯納金。收到書籍時，學校相關人員試圖調查書籍是如何跨越整個國家跑到緬因州的。書中的一張索書條上寫着，Betty Mandershied於1949年1月4號借出此書，而該校1949年的年鑑中就有這個名字。

The school has two newer copies of theCivil War epic in its library, and several students have expressed interest inreading the novel since the older edition was returned, Wyborney said.

Wyborney說，這本講述內戰史詩般的小說該校圖書館還有兩本更新的版本，自從舊版回到圖書館後，有幾名學生表示有閱讀這本小說的興趣。