标题: 1月16日故事品读:The Old Cat [打印本页] 作者: snowmen 时间: 2010-1-16 13:46 标题: 1月16日故事品读:The Old Cat
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An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.
一位老妇人养了一只猫。它已经很老了,以至于跑也跑不快了,连撕咬的力气也没有了。有一天这只老猫看到了一个老鼠,她立即扑上去逮住了它,可是它已经不能再用力撕咬了,这只老鼠见状从它的嘴里逃了出来跑走了。
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
老妇人看到后非常生气,因为她的猫已经不能为她捉老鼠了,开始讨厌这只猫。于是猫说到,"