《灵指神探》Pushing Daisies narrator魔幻男声：Jim Dale
一个童话般的故事需要一个充满魔幻的声音来穿针引线、起承转合。于是从第一个场景开满雏菊的山坡开始，我们就听到了Jim Dale充满质感的嗓音，像家里慈祥的老人绘声绘色地给你讲一个欲罢不能的睡前故事。


【吉姆·戴尔 Jim Dale 个人简介】
Jim Dale, MBE (born 15 August 1935) is an English  actor, voice artist, singer and songwriter. He is best known in the United Kingdom for his many appearances in the Carry On series of films and is known in the US for narrating the Harry Potter audiobook series, for which he received two Grammy Awards, and the ABC series Pushing Daisies.
　　吉姆·戴尔多才多艺，他是一名英国演员、配音工作者、歌手兼音乐人。他最为世人所了解的作品是他录制的《哈利·波特》美国版有声书，并藉此获得了两项格莱美奖。

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At this very moment in the town of Coeur d’Coeurs, young Ned was 9 years, 27 weeks, 6 days and 3 minutes old.  His dog, Digby, was 3 years, 2 weeks, 6 days, 5 hours and 9 minutes old.  And not a minute older.  This was the moment that young Ned discovered that he wasn’t like the other children: nor was he like anyone else, for that matter.  Young Ned could touch dead things and bring them back to life. This gift was a gift given to him, but not by anyone in particular.  There was no box, no instructions, no manufacturer’s warranty: it just was.  The terms of use weren’t immediately clear, nor were they of immediate concern: young Ned was in love.  Her name was Chuck.  At this very moment, she was 8 years, 42 weeks, 3 hours and 2 minutes old.  Young Ned did not think of her as being born or hatched or conceived in any way: Chuck came ready-made from the Play-Doh Fun Factory of Life. Long after their playdate was over, young Ned remained under Chuck’s spell … Until a blood vessel in his mother’s brain burst, killing her instantly. Young Ned’s random gift that was, came with a caveat or two. It was a gift that not only gave – it took.  Young Ned discovered that he could only bring the dead back to life for one minute without consequence; any longer, and someone else had to die. In the grand universal scheme of things, young Ned had traded his mother’s life for Chuck’s father. But there was one more thing about touching dead things that young Ned didn’t know … and he learned it in the most unfortunate way …  First touch: life.  Second touch: dead again, forever. After a brief mourning period, young Ned’s father would hustle him off to boarding school, never to be seen again. Chuck would be fostered by Aunts Lily and Vivian, a renowned synchronized swimming duo: they shared matching personality disorders and a love for fine cheese. At their respective parents’ funerals, dizzy with grief, curiosity and hormones, young Ned and a girl named Chuck had their first and only kiss.  After his mother’s death, Ned avoided social attachments, fearing what he’d do if someone else he loved died. And he became obsessed with pies.  It’s 19 years, 34 weeks, 1 day and 59 minutes later, heretofore known as “Now.”  Young Ned has become The Pie Maker.  And this is where he makes his pies: the peaches never brown, the dead fruit in his hands becomes ripe with everlasting flavor … as long as he only touches it once.