040 并非所有猫都追老鼠

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One afternoon Mrs. Hamilton was making dinner

一天下午，汉密尔顿太太正在做晚饭。

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Suddenly an uninvited guest scurried into her kitchen

突然，一位不速之客溜进了她的厨房。

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" Eek! There's a mouse!

“哎呀！有老鼠！

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There's a mouse!" screamed Mrs. Hamilton

有老鼠！”汉密尔顿太太尖叫道。

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" Are you all right, dear?" asked Mr. Hamilton

“你没事吧，亲爱的？”汉密尔顿先生问。

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" No, I am not all right

“不，我不好。

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There is a mouse in my house!" Mrs. Hamilton said angrily

我家里有只老鼠！”汉密尔顿太太生气地说。

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" What should we do?" asked Jason

“我们该怎么办？”贾森问。

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" I've got it!" Mr. Hamilton said suddenly." We'll get a cat!"

“我有办法了！”汉密尔顿先生突然说，“我们弄只猫来！”

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The next day Mr. Hamilton went to buy a cat

第二天，汉密尔顿先生去买猫了。

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" Did you get the cat?"

“你买到猫了吗？”

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asked Jason when Mr. Hamilton got home

汉密尔顿先生一回家，贾森就问。

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A little head appeared from Mr. Hamilton's arms

一个小脑袋从汉密尔顿先生的怀里探了出来。

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" Meow," it said in a tiny voice

“喵，”它用细小的声音叫了一声。

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" Hello, cat!" said Jason

“你好，小猫！”贾森说。

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" You need a name since you will be part of the family."

“你需要一个名字，因为你将成为家里的一员。”

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Jason and Mr. Hamilton tried to think of a name for a long time

贾森和汉密尔顿先生想了很久的名字。

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Finally Mr. Hamilton said," I know

最后汉密尔顿先生说：“我知道了。

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We will call you Snatch, since you will snatch up the mice in our house."

我们就叫你抢抢吧，因为你会把咱们家里的老鼠都抓走。”

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Later that day Jason began to train the cat to catch mice

那天晚些时候，贾森开始训练小猫抓老鼠。

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He showed Snatch a little toy mouse

他给斯纳奇看了一只小玩具老鼠。

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" This is a mouse," he said

“这是一只老鼠，”他说。

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" When you see a mouse, pounce on it."

“当你看到老鼠时，就扑过去。”

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Snatch was a very active cat

斯纳奇是一只非常活泼的小猫。

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She loved to chase butterflies and birds

她喜欢追蝴蝶和鸟。

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" Look how fast she is!" Mr. Hamilton said proudly

“看她跑得多快！”汉密尔顿先生骄傲地说。

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Mrs. Hamilton held a treat in her hand

汉密尔顿太太手里拿着零食。

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Then Snatch jumped up to eat it

然后斯纳奇跳起来吃掉了它。

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" Look how high she can jump!" Mrs. Hamilton said proudly

“看她跳得多高！”汉密尔顿太太骄傲地说。

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Snatch learned quickly

斯纳奇学得很快。

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Jason liked to test her when she didn't know he was there

杰森喜欢在她不知道他在的时候测试她。

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" Snatch! It's a mouse!"

“斯纳奇！有老鼠！”

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Jason threw the toy mouse for Snatch to catch

杰森扔出玩具老鼠让斯纳奇去抓。

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" Look how smart she is!" cried Jason proudly

“看她多聪明！”杰森骄傲地喊道。

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" She is so fast," said Mr. Hamilton

“她真快，”汉密尔顿先生说。

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" She is so strong," said Mrs. Hamilton

“她真强壮，”汉密尔顿太太说。

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" She is so smart," said Jason

“她真聪明，”杰森说。

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Mrs. Hamilton went to the kitchen to get some ice cream

汉密尔顿太太去厨房拿冰淇淋。

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" Yeek! It's a mouse! It's a mouse!" she screamed

“呀！有老鼠！有老鼠！”她尖叫起来。

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Everyone ran into the kitchen

所有人都跑进了厨房。

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" Go, Snatch! Get the mouse!" they cried

“上，斯纳奇！去抓老鼠！”他们喊道。

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Snatch chased the mouse into a corner

斯纳奇把老鼠追到了角落里。

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The mouse was trapped!

老鼠被困住了！

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" Good work, Snatch!" shouted the family

“干得好，斯纳奇！”全家人喊道。

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Snatch got closer to the mouse

斯纳奇离老鼠越来越近。

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Suddenly the little mouse bit Snatch on the nose

突然，小老鼠在斯纳奇的鼻子上咬了一口。

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Snatch meowed and ran out of the room

斯纳奇喵喵叫着跑出了房间。

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The Hamiltons were disappointed

汉密尔顿一家很失望。

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The Hamiltons held a family meeting

汉密尔顿一家开了个家庭会议。

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" What do we do now?" asked Mrs. Hamilton

“我们现在怎么办？”汉密尔顿太太问道。

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Everyone wanted to get rid of the mouse, but now Snatch was afraid of mice

大家都想除掉老鼠，但现在斯纳奇反而害怕老鼠了。

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So the next day, Mr. Hamilton put out a mousetrap

于是第二天，汉密尔顿先生放了一个捕鼠夹。

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" I thought all cats caught mice," said Jason

“我还以为所有的猫都会抓老鼠呢，”杰森说。

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" I guess not," said Mr. Hamilton

“看来不是这样，”汉密尔顿先生说。

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Snatch was not good at catching real mice, but everyone loved her anyway

斯纳奇不擅长抓真老鼠，但大家仍然爱她。