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1、AConversationwithaCatTheotherdayIwentintothebarofarailwaystationand,takingaglassofbeer,Isatdownatalittletablebymyselftomeditateuponthenecessarybuttragicisolationof thehumansoul.Ibeganmymeditationbyconsolingmyselfwiththetruththatsomethingincommonrunsthroughallnature,butIwentontoconsiderthat
2、thiscutnoice,andthattheheartneededsomethingmore.Imightbylongresearchhavediscoveredsomethirdtermalittlelesshackneyedthanthesetwo,whenfate,orsomefosteringstar,sentmeatawnysilky,longhairedcat.Ifitbetruethatnationshavethecatstheydeserve,thentheEnglishpeopledeservewellincats,fortherearenonesopr
3、osperousorsofriendlyintheworld.ButevenforanEnglishcatthiscatwasexceptionallyfriendlyandfine-especiallyfriendly.Itleaptatonegracefulboundintomylap,nestledthere,putoutanengagingrightfrontpawtotouchmyarmwithaprettytimiditybywayofintroduction,rolledupatmeaneyeofbrightbutinnocentaffection,andth
4、ensmiledasecretsmileofapproval.Nomancouldbesotimidaftersuchanapproachasnottomakesomemannerofresponse.SodidI.IeventookthelibertyofstrokingAmathea(forbythatnamedidIreceivethisvision),andthoughIbeganthisgestureinarespectfulfashion,afterthebestmodelsofpolitedeportmentwithstrangers,Iwassoonlend
5、ingitsomewarmth,forlwastouchedtofindthatIhadafriend;yes,evenhere,attheendsofthetubesinS.W.99.Iproceeded(asisright)fromcaresstospeech,andsaid,"Amathea,mostbeautifulofcats,whyhaveyoudeignedtosinglemeoutforsomuchfavor?Didyourecognizeinmeafriendtoallthatbreathes,orwereyouyourselfsufferingfroml
6、oneliness(thoughItakeityouarenearyourowndearhome),oristherepityintheheartsofanimalsasthereisintheheartsof对猫一席话前些日子，我走进某火车站酒吧，买了一杯啤酒便独自在一张小桌旁坐下，默想人类灵魂虽属必需却又悲哀的疏离，开始想时还以为万物总有某种相通之处，尚可聊以自慰。不过继而一想，这不解决问题，人心还需要更多的东西。我本来可以通过长期研究发现不像灵魂、人心那么陈腐的另一个词，忽然，命运或某颗福星给我送来了一只毛光如丝的茶色长毛猫。各国的人都有值得他们称道的猫，如果此话不假
7、，那么英国人则应当好好称道他们的猫，因为世上没有如此顺遂、如此友善的猫。但即便就英国猫而言，我这只猫也格外友善聪明—尤其是友善。它优雅地一跳，跳到我的怀里，舒舒服服地安顿下来，伸出可爱的右前爪，怯生生地碰碰我的胳搏，算是作了介绍，那眼光里充满乖巧然而天真的友爱，打量我，然后暗暗一笑，表示认可了。经过这般亲近之后，谁也不会胆小到不作某种回答。我作了回答。我甚至冒昧地抚摩阿玛特亚(我正因这名字才有这番幻想);虽然我以尊重的方式开始作此表示，完全以最佳的对待陌生者的有礼态度为典范，但很快就增加了几分亲热，因为我发现我有了
