猫和老鼠

从前,有座房子老鼠成灾,主人只好弄来一只猫,她每天能吃掉几只老鼠。当老鼠明白是怎么回事以后,便召开一个会议来商量对策,经过再三讨论,他们决定所有的老鼠都不离开顶层搁板。这个计划对老鼠来说产生了很大的效果,但是猫却开始挨饿了,因为没有老鼠可吃了。她在屋子里四处寻食,不知怎么才好。最后她自己终于决定了一个计划,她用后腿把自己倒挂在墙上的短桩上装死,希望老鼠从搁板上探出头来。一只聪明的老鼠偷看那只挂着的猫,说道:“那不就是你吗?好,你就呆在那边吧!即使你全身填满了稻草,我也不会相信你。”’ A house was once so overrun with1 mice that the owner was obliged to get a cat, who killed and ate some of them each day. The mice soon understood what was happening, and had a meeting to decide what should be done. After a lot of discussion2, they decided that no m...