老人和老貓

張亞麗

[英語原文]

An old man has a cat.The cat is very old，too. He runs very quickly. And his teeth are bad. One evening，the old cat sees a little mouse. He catches it，but he cant eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away. The old man is very angry. He beats his cat. He says：“You are a fool cat. I will punish you！”The cat is very sad. He thinks：“When I was young， I worked hard for you. Now you dont like me because Im too old to work. You should know you are old， too.”

[漢語翻譯]

一個年邁的老人養了一只貓。這只貓也非常老了。它跑得很快，但是牙齒很糟糕。一天晚上，這只老貓看見一只小老鼠。它抓住了小老鼠，但是它卻吃不了它，因為它的牙齒不夠鋒利了。這只小老鼠逃跑了。老人很生氣，他打了貓，并且對它說：“你這只蠢貓！我要懲罰你！”貓非常傷心，它想：“在我年輕的時候，我為你努力工作。現在你卻因為我太老了不能工作而不喜歡我。你應該知道你也老了。”

[留言板]

貓老了，再也不能像年輕時候那樣出色地完成工作了。主人嫌棄它，咒罵它，打它，貓感到很委屈：“主人，您忘記自己也老了嗎？您應該將心比心，不要這么苛刻地對待我，好嗎？”

（淘 淘）