the cat and the mice
there was once a house that was overrun with mice.a cat heard of this,and said to herself,"that is the place for me " ,and off she went and took up her quarters in the house,and caught the mice one by one and ate them.at last the mice could stand it no longer,and they determined to take to their holes and stay there." that's awkward,"said the cat to herself:'the only thing to do is to coax them out by a trick.' so she considered a while,and then climbed up the wall and let herself hang down by her hind legs from a peg,and pretended to be dead.by and by a mouse peeped out and saw the cat hanging there,'aha!' it cried,'you're very clever,madam,no doubt:but you may turn yourself into a bag of meal hanging there,if you like,yet you won't catch us coming anywhere near you.'
從前有間房子,里面到處都是老鼠.一只貓聽說了之后就對(duì)自己說,這簡(jiǎn)直就是為我準(zhǔn)備的地方呀!因此,她離開自己原來的地方,住進(jìn)了這間房子.然后,她就把老鼠一個(gè)一個(gè)地捉住并吃了它.最后,這里的老鼠實(shí)在是再也不能忍受她這種行為,于是它們就決定呆在洞里不出來.‘這太惱火了’貓對(duì)自己說,現(xiàn)在唯一應(yīng)該做的就是用一個(gè)詭計(jì)將它們引誘出來.因此她想了一會(huì)兒,然后爬上墻,用后腿夾住木樁將自己懸掛起來,裝作已經(jīng)死了.一會(huì)兒以后,一只老鼠看見貓掛在那里,大叫著“啊,你太聰明了,女士,這點(diǎn)毫無疑問,但是如果你懸在那里,你可能將自己變成盤中餐,如果你很喜歡這樣做的話,你是不可能用這種就能騙住我們的,更不用說抓住我們了.