An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, b

An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because

the cat could not bite it. Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not

killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have

worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind

to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."

壹位老婦有只貓，這只貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因為它年紀太大了。壹天，老貓發現壹只老鼠，它跳過去抓這只老鼠，然而，它咬不住這只老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因為老貓咬不了它。 於是，老婦很生氣，因為老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這只貓，貓說：“不要打妳的老仆人，我已經為妳服務了很多年，而且還願意為妳效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這麽無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。”