LESSON 8 PUSS AND HER KITTENS 貓和小貓

1.Puss, with her three kittens, had lived in the coal cellar; but one day she thought she would carry them to the attic.

2.The servant thought that was not the proper place for them; so she carried them back to the cellar.

3.Puss was certain that she wanted them in the attic; so she carried them there again and again, fi ve, six, seven, —yes, a dozen times; for each time the servant took them back to the cellar.

4.Poor puss was nearly tired out, and could carry them no longer.

5.Suddenly she went away.Where do you think she went?

6.She was gone a long time.When she returned, she had a strange cat with her that we had never seen before.

7.She seemed to tell him all about her great trouble, and he listened to her story.

8.Then the strange cat took the little kittens, one by one, and carried them to the attic.After this he went away, and we have never seen him since.

9.The servant then left the kittens in the attic, for she saw how anxious puss was to have them stay there.

10.Was not the strange cat kind to puss? This lesson should teach children to be ever ready to help one another.

【中文閱讀】

1.貓媽媽和它的三只小貓一直生活在煤窖里。一天，貓媽媽想，她要將小貓搬到閣樓里。

2.仆人覺得閣樓不適合它們居住，又把它們搬回了煤窖。

3.貓媽媽十分想讓小貓住在閣樓里，所以她一次次地將小貓搬到閣樓里。五次，六次，七次……十幾次了，但每一次都被仆人搬回來。

4.可憐的貓媽媽精疲力竭，再也無力搬它們了。

5.有一天，她突然離開了。你知道她去哪兒嗎？

6.她離開了好久好久。回來時，帶來了一只我們從未見過的陌生的貓。

7.貓媽媽似乎把自己所有的麻煩都告訴了那只貓，那只貓仔細聽著。

8.然后，那只陌生的貓將小貓一只一只地搬到閣樓。之后，他走了，我們再也沒有見到他。

9.仆人讓小貓留在了閣樓上。仆人看得出來，貓媽媽是多么渴望讓自己的小寶寶留在那里呀！

10.那只陌生的貓對貓媽媽是多么友好啊！這堂課教會了孩子們應該隨時幫助他人。