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.'
从前有间房子,里面到处都是老鼠.一只猫听说了之后就对自己说,这简直就是为我准备的地方呀!因此,她离开自己原来的地方,住进了这间房子.然后,她就把老鼠一个一个地捉住并吃了它.最后,这里的老鼠实在是再也不能忍受她这种行为,于是它们就决定呆在洞里不出来.‘这太恼火了’猫对自己说,现在唯一应该做的就是用一个诡计将它们引诱出来.因此她想了一会儿,然后爬上墙,用后腿夹住木桩将自己悬挂起来,装作已经死了.一会儿以后,一只老鼠看见猫挂在那里,大叫着“啊,你太聪明了,女士,这点毫无疑问,但是如果你悬在那里,你可能将自己变成盘中餐,如果你很喜欢这样做的话,你是不可能用这种就能骗住我们的,更不用说抓住我们了.