一只猫的生命哲学
要舔自己的手，男人觉得很蠢，不过他还是照做了。他发现了猫所知道的秘密——舔爪子能让你平静下来，并让你能够思考得更加清楚。他继续舔着，他的嘴角开始上翘，好多天来第一次露出了微笑。他等待着猫叫停，可是没等到，于是他睁开了眼睛。猫的眼睛已经闭上了。他摸了摸猫温暖的褐色皮毛，可是猫已经去了。
The Man shut his eyes hard as the tears poured down his face. He saw the Cat on the windowsill, then in his bed, then lying across his important papers. He saw him on the pillow next to his head, saw his bright gold eyes and darkest brown on his nose and ears. He opened his eyes and through his tears looked over at the rose growing in a pot on the windowsill and then to the circle of string he still held 5)clutched in his hand.
男人用力地闭上了眼睛，泪如泉涌。他看到猫蹲在窗台上，然后是他的床上，然后躺在他的重要文件上。他看到猫在他脑袋边的枕头上，看到他明亮的金黄色的眼睛还有鼻子和耳朵上深褐色的毛发。他睁开眼睛，透过泪水，他望向窗台上的花盆里生长着的玫瑰，然后看向他依然捏在手里的绳圈。
One day, not long after, there was a new Cat on his lap. She was a lovely 6)calico and white ... very different from his earlier beloved Cat and very much the same.
不久以后的某一天，他的膝上有了一只新的猫咪。她是一只可爱的白色花斑猫——与之前那只他深爱的猫是那么地不同，然而又是那么地相同。
部分生词
1) zen [zen]z n.禅 禅宗 2) pur [pə:] v. 咕噜咕噜叫,发出喉音
3) knit [nit] v. 皱起，皱紧
4) lick [lik] v. 舔
5) clutch [klʌtʃ] v. 抓住 n. 把握，抓紧 6) calico n. 带有斑纹的动物，印花布，白棉布