The-Old-Cat

TheOldCatAnoldwomanhadacat,Thecatwasveryold;shecouldnotrunquickly,andshecouldnotbite,becauseshewassoold.Onedaytheoldcatsawamouse;shejumpedandcaughtthemouse.Butshecouldnotbiteit,sothemousegotoutofhermouthandranaway,becausethecatcouldnotbiteit.Thentheoldwomanbecameveryangrybecausethecathadnotkilledthemouse.Shebegantohitthecat.Thecatsaid,”Donothityouroldservant.Ihaveworkedforyouformanyyears,andIwouldworkforyoustill,butIamtooold.Donotbeunkindtotheold,butrememberwhatgoodworktheolddidwhentheywereyoung.”TheOldCatAnoldwomanhadacat.一位老妇有只猫，Thecatwasveryold;这只猫很老，shecouldnotrunquickly,它跑不快了，andshecouldnotbite,也咬不了东西becauseshewassoold.因为它年纪太大了。Onedaytheoldcatsawamouse;，一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，shejumpedandcaughtthemouse.它跳过去抓这只老鼠Butshecouldnotbiteit;然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。sothemousegotoutofhermouthandranaway,因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了becausethecatcouldnotbiteit.因为老猫咬不了它。Thentheoldwomanbecameveryangrybecausethecathadnotkilledthemouse.于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。Shebegantohitthecat.她开始打这只猫，Thecatsaid,Donothityouroldservant.猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，Ihaveworkedforyouformanyyears,我已经为你服务了很多年，andIwouldworkforyoustill,而且还愿意为你效劳，butIamtooold.但是，我实在太老了，Donotbeunkindtotheold,对年纪大的不要这么无情，butrememberwhatgoodworktheolddidwhentheywereyoung.要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”