The inmate was aware that all prison mail passes through censors.
那个囚犯认识到监狱的所有邮件都要经过狱卒的手。
When he got a letter from his wife asking about the family garden—“Honey, when do I plant potatoes?”—he wrote back, “Do not, under any circumstances, dig up our old garden spot. That’s where I buried all my guns.”
他收到妻子的信问家里的菜园时说：“亲爱的，我什么时候种土豆呢？”他回信说：“在任何情况下，都不要翻我们家老菜园那个地方。我把所有的枪都藏在了那里。”
Within days his wife wrote back, “Six investigators came to the house. They dug up every square inch of the back yard.”
没过几天，他的妻子回信说：“六名调查人员来到了我们家。他们把后院的每一寸地方都翻了个底朝天。”
By return mail she got his answer: “Now is the time to plant potatoes.”
她收到丈夫的回信，信中说：“现在可以种土豆了。”
