12. "They stole my diamonds!" said the owner or Best's Diamond Store to a local policeman. "I just called my insurance company (保险公司) They're sending a man here to decide how much money to pay me for the stolen diamonds." "Tell me what happened." said the policeman.
"I went to the store alone." Mr. Best began, "As soon as I opened the door, two men rushed in. The blond one had a gun. He looked at me angrily and told me to open the safe. I was scared, so I gave him my diamonds. Then they tied me to a chair. After they left, I tried hard to free myself from the ropes and called you."
"What did the two men look like?" One of them was thin and the other was fat. They wore masks over their whole heads with only little holes for their eyes and mouths."
Just then the insurance man arrived. "Don't worry." the policeman said to him, "You don't have to pay Mr. Best anything. He is lying about the robbers. He took the diamonds himself."