双语·彼得兔的故事 狡猾的老猫
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THE SLY OLD CAT
This is a sly old cat, who gave a tea party to a rat.
This is the rat in his best clothes coming down the area steps.
They had their tea in the kitchen.
“How do you do, Mr. Rat? Will you sit on this chair?” said the cat.
“I will eat my bread and butter first,” said the cat, “and then you shall eat the crumbs that are left, Mr. Rat!”
“This is a very rude way of treating visitors!” said Mr. Rat to himself.
“Now I will pour out my tea,” said the cat, “and you shall lick up the drops that are left in the milk jug, Mr. Rat; and then I will have some dessert!” said the cat.
“I believe she is going to eat me for dessert; I wish I'd never come!” said poor Mr. Rat.
She tipped up the milk jug—that greedy old cat! She didn't want to leave one single drop for the rat.
But the rat jumped on the table and gave the jug a pat, and it slipped down quite tight over the head of the cat! Then the cat banged about the kitchen with its head fast in the jug.
And the rat sat on the table drinking tea out of a mug. Then he put a muffin in a paper bag and went away. And he ate the whole muffin at one sitting; so that is the end of the rat.
And the cat broke the jug against the leg of the kitchen table; so that is the end of the cat.
狡猾的老猫
有一只狡猾的老猫，准备办一个茶会，招待一只老鼠。
老鼠穿上了他最好的衣服，顺着楼梯下楼。
他们要在厨房里饮茶。
“你好啊，老鼠先生？你愿意坐在这张椅子上吗？”猫说。
“我要先吃我的面包和黄油，”猫说，“然后你再吃掉下来的碎屑，老鼠先生！”
“这样招待客人可是够粗鲁的！”老鼠先生暗自说道。
“现在我要给自己倒茶了，”猫说，“你就舔留在牛奶罐上的那几滴牛奶吧，老鼠先生，然后我会吃些甜点。”猫又说。
“我相信她会把我当甜点吃了的，我真希望自己没来。”可怜的老鼠先生说。
老猫把牛奶罐倒了过来——这只贪婪的老猫！她一滴牛奶也不想给老鼠留下。
但是老鼠突然跳上桌子，狠狠地拍了罐子一下，罐子口朝下，正好紧紧地扣在了老猫的头上。然后老猫头上顶着罐子，在厨房里跌跌撞撞。
老鼠坐在桌子上，拿起一个杯子喝茶。然后他用纸袋装了一块松饼，便离开了。他一口气吃光了整个松饼。这就是老鼠的结局。
而猫在厨房桌子的腿上撞碎了牛奶罐，这就是猫的结局。
