The Old Man and the Old Cat

　　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 can’t 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 don’t like me because I’m too old to work. You should know you are old, too.”

　　故事二 老人和老貓

　　一個年邁的老人養一只貓。這只貓也非常老了。她跑得很快，但是牙齒很糟糕。一天王還是那個，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，他打了小貓，并且對它說：“你這只蠢貓！我要懲罰你！”貓非常傷心，它想：“在我還年輕的時候，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。”

整理：zln201707