肥貓塔比和小男孩安迪的故事

小男孩安迪晚上總是不按時睡覺，這讓爸爸媽媽很頭疼。可是自從一只大腹便便的小肥貓來到他家，他就變得異常自覺。你能猜到小肥貓是怎么“制服”安迪的嗎？

Andy never wanted to go to bed on time. His parents had explained to him how important it was to go to bed early and get a good rest. But Andy paid no attention to them， and they didn't know what to do. Things continued like that until one weekend when they were visiting Andy's grandparents.

Grandpa Peter heard all about it and said， \"This sounds like a job for Tubby， my pot-bellied cat.\" So Andy's parents loaded the cat into the car and took him home. Tubby was a slow， inflated1）-looking kind of a cat. He wasn't much of a bother because most of the time no one knew where he was.

That night， at bedtime， the same problem arose. Andy had no intention of going to bed， and even though his parents waited a while to see if Tubby would solve the problem， nothing happened.

\"Grandpa really does make up some nonsense，\" said Andy's father. \"I really think he's starting to lose it.\"

Hours later， Andy finally decided to go to bed. But what a surprise when he entered his bedroom！ Tubby was in his bed， totally sprawled2） out， pot-belly in the air， and snoring3） like an express train4）. Andy tried to shift the cat， but there was no way of moving him an inch. That night he hardly slept a wink5）， pushed over into one tiny corner of his bed.

The next day the same thing happened， even though Andy was much more tired from not having slept. When the third day arrived， he understood that if he wanted to sleep in his bed， he would have to get into it before Tubby did. That night， when his parents merely started hinting6） at the topic of bedtime， Andy shot upstairs like a bullet， and dived into bed. His parents could not believe it. They knew nothing about Tubby in the bed， nor did they understand why Andy went to bed on time without complaint. They were so happy about this that they stayed up quite late， celebrating， but ...

Can you guess where Tubby slept that night？

1.inflated [?n?fle?t?d] adj. 充了氣的

2.sprawl [spr??l] vi. （懶散地）伸開四肢躺下

3.snore [sn??（r）] vi. 打鼾

4.express train： 特快列車

5.hardly sleep a wink： 一點都沒睡

6.hint [h?nt] vi. 作暗示；示意