貓的天堂

One day a cat dies of natural causes and goes to heaven.

Greeting him the Lord says,“Youve lived a good life. If there is any way I can make your stay in Heaven more comfortable, please let me know.”

The cat thinks for a minute and says,“Well, all my life I lived with a poor family and had to sleep on a hard wooden floor ...”

The Lord stops the cat and says, “Say no more!”

Just then a wonderful fluffy pillow appears and the cat contentedly wanders off to find a good place to nap.

A few days later six mice killed in a tragic farming accident go to heaven. The Lord is there to greet them with the same offer.

The mice answer,“All of our lives weve been chased. Weve had to run from cats, from tractors, even from that farmers wife with her broom. Were tired of running ...”

“Say no more!” the Lord replies.

In a flash, each mouse is fitted with a beautiful new pair of roller skates, and they skate happily off to explore the heavenly landscape.

About a week later the Lord stops by to see the cat and finds him snoozing away. He gently wakes the cat and asks, “How are things since you got here?”

The cat stretches, yawns and replies,“Oh, it is wonderful here. I get a lot of great sleep on this pillow, and those Meals On Wheels youve been sending are the BEST!!!”

一天，一只貓自然死亡，來到了天堂。

上帝在天堂迎接它，說道：“過去你生活得很好，有什么方法能讓你在天堂里生活得更加舒適，請告訴我?！?/p>

貓想了一會兒，說：“我一生都生活在一個貧窮的家庭里，并且只能睡在硬木板地上……”

上帝打斷貓說：“不用再說了！”

貓的面前一下子出現(xiàn)了一只松軟舒服的枕頭，貓爬上去找了一個舒心的位置打盹。

幾天后，六只老鼠在農(nóng)場的一次意外中喪生，也來到了天堂。上帝迎接它們時，也問它們怎么能讓它們的生活更加舒適。

老鼠們答道：“我們的一生都在被追捕中度過。我們得避開貓、躲開拖拉機(jī)，甚至還得防著農(nóng)婦的掃帚。我們跑得太累了……”

“不用再說了！”上帝說。

轉(zhuǎn)眼間，每只老鼠的腳上都套上了一雙嶄新漂亮的滾軸溜冰鞋。它們歡快地滑走，去天堂各處轉(zhuǎn)悠了。

一星期后，上帝順道去看貓，發(fā)現(xiàn)它在睡覺。輕輕地把它叫醒后，上帝問道：“你來天堂以后生活得怎么樣啊？”

貓伸伸懶腰，打個呵欠，說道：“這里太棒了。我每天都在這只枕頭上做很多美夢，另外，你送來的那些‘輪子上的肉是最好的美味！?。　?/p>

Vocabulary

heaven? n. 天堂；天堂般美好（的世界）

contentedly? adv. 滿足地；滿意地

chase? v.追；趕；攆

explore? v. 探究；探索；探查