雅思阅读：肖申克的救赎_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读：肖申克的救赎

　　Not long after, the police stormed Shawshank Prison. Hadley was arrested for murder; Red said he was taken away crying like a little girl. Warden Norton finally opened the safe, which he hadnt touched since Andy escaped, and instead of his books, he found the Bible he had given Andy...which he had used to conceal his rock hammer. Norton barricaded himself in his office, then put his gun under his chin, committing suicide.

　　Shortly after, Red received a postcard from Fort Hancock, Texas, with nothing written on it. Red took it as a sign that Andy made it into Mexico and was totally free. Red and his buddies would spend their time talking about Andys exploits , but Red just missed his friend.

　　At Reds next parole hearing in 1967, he talked to the parole board about how rehabilitated was a made-up word, and how he regretted his actions of the past. His parole was granted this time. He went to work at a grocery store, and stayed at the same halfway house Brooks had stayed in. He frequently walked by a pawn shop, which had several guns and compasses in the window. At times he would contemplate trying to get back into prison, but he remembered the promise he had made to Andy.

　　One day, with a compass he bought from the pawn shop, he followed Andys instructions, hitchhiking to Buxton and arriving at the stone wall he described. Just like Andy said, there was a large black stone. Under it was a lunch box containing a large sum of cash and instructions to find him. He said he needed somebody who could get things for a project of his.