Lesson 8　Puss and Her Kittens　第8課　貓媽媽和她的孩子們

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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貓媽媽有三只小貓，他們住在煤窯里；但是有一天，她想帶孩子們搬到閣樓里去。

傭人認為那個地方對他們來說不合適，所以她又把他們領回了煤窯。

貓媽媽很確定，她必須帶孩子們到閣樓去；所以，她又重新把小貓們帶到閣樓，這樣經過了5次，6次，7次，——是的，很多次；因為每搬一次，傭人都會把他們領回煤窯里。

可憐的貓媽媽幾乎筋疲力盡了，她再也不能帶小貓們搬家了。

突然，她離家出走了。你認為她會去哪里呢？

她離開了很長一段時間。當她回來的時候，她帶回來一只我們從來沒有見過的陌生貓。

她似乎已經把自己所有的麻煩都告訴了這只貓，而且他也傾聽了她的故事。

然后，這只陌生貓就領著小貓們，一只接著一只，把他們都帶到了閣樓上。之后，他就離開了。從此以后，我們再也沒有見過他。

于是，傭人就把小貓們留在了閣樓，因為她明白貓媽媽非常想讓小貓們待在那里。

那只陌生貓對貓媽媽是不是很友好？這篇課文是想教會孩子們隨時準備去幫助他人。