Ten Little Indians

== 情节概要 ==

八个素不相识的人被U·N·欧文夫妇邀请到德文郡沿海的士兵岛，然而到了岛上，只有管家夫妇接待他们，主人却没有到。进入小岛上的别墅后，他们每个人都在自己的房间里发现了一首儿歌：

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|十个小小战士吃饭去；
|Ten Jigaboo boys went out to dine;
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|一个呛死剩九个。
|One choked his little self and then there were nine.
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|九个小小战士睡过头；
|Nine little Jigaboo boys sat up very late;
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|一个不醒剩八个。
|One overslept himself and then there were eight.
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|八个小小战士游德云郡|德文；
|Eight little Jigaboo boys traveling in Devon;
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|一个留住剩七个。
|One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.
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|七个小小战士砍树枝；
|Seven little Jigaboo boys chopping up sticks;
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|一个砍死剩六个。
|One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.
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|六个小小战士玩蜂箱；
|Six little Jigaboo boys playing with a hive;
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|螫死一个剩五个。
|A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.
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|五个小小战士打官司；
|Five little Jigaboo going in for law;
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|一进衡平法院|法院剩四个。
|One got into Chancery and then there were four.
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|四个小小战士出海去；
|Four little Jigaboo boys going out to sea;
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|红鲱鱼|燻青鱼吞剩三个。
|A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.
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|三个小小战士上动物园；
|Three little Jigaboo boys walking in the zoo;
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|大熊抓去剩两个。
|A big bear hugged one and then there were two.
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|两个小小战士晒太阳；
|Two Little Jigaboo boys sitting in the sun;
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|晒焦一个剩一个。
|One got frizzled up and then there was one.
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|一个小小战士太孤单；
|One little Jigaboo boy left all alone;
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|吊死了自己，一个都不留。
|He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.
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在发现儿歌的同时，他们还在一个圆形的桌子上看到了十个精致的小瓷人。

就在他们享用晚餐的时候，留声机响起，那个声音的主人指控那里的每一个人都犯有谋杀罪。正在众人恐慌之时，安东尼·马尔斯顿突然死掉了。他看起来是被呛死的，但实际上是被氰化物毒死。与此同时，男管家罗杰斯惊讶地发现桌子中间的小瓷人少了一个。在他们还处于惊恐中时，托马斯·罗杰斯的太太——艾塞尔·罗杰斯永远地睡着了，小瓷人也神奇地只剩八个了。接下来，麦克阿瑟将军在海边被重击致死，只剩七个了。杀戮还没有结束，一把大砍刀害死了罗杰斯，还剩六个。在一只野蜂出现在别墅后，埃米莉·布伦特也死去。

那个在每个人房里的古老的童谣，与死者的死亡惊人地巧合。也就在这时，他们意识到凶手就在他们中间。于是，他们采取了各种防范措施，但凶手似乎永远比他们更快、更隐蔽、更狡猾。接着，法官沃尔格雷夫先生被枪射死（他是假死的，阿姆斯特朗医生假装法官被杀），阿姆斯特朗医生在波涛汹涌的大海中溺水而亡，布洛尔的脑袋被一块熊般大的大理石砸碎。现在，只剩韦拉和隆巴尔德了。韦拉抢到了隆巴尔德的左轮手枪，射死了隆巴尔德。岛上只剩韦拉一个人了，“一个小小战士太孤单”，最后，她“吊死了自己”，“一个都不留”。

在这个荒凉又阴森的小岛上，只剩下十具尸体，无人生还。

=== 尾声 ===
苏格兰场接了这起神秘的案子，他们很快找到了十个人的尸体并确认了死因，但却完全无法解释事件的经过，直到他们意外收到凶手（法官劳伦斯·瓦格雷夫）的信件，详细描述自己的作案动机和作案过程，而且说他写完信后用机关自杀，案件的真相终于被揭晓。