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Fly and Cat
蒼蠅和貓
One warm spring day, a fish was swimming about a foot below the surface of a lake and saw a fly hovering just out of striking distance.
一個暖洋洋的春日里，一條魚正在湖面下一英尺處游著，它看到了一只蒼蠅在它剛好夠不到的地方飛。
The fish said to itself, "If that fly comes six inches closer, I'll jump up and have myself a meal."
魚自言自語道：“如果它再飛近6英寸，我就跳起來吃了它?！?/div>
Just then, a bear on the shore of the lake looked up and said to itself, "If that fly gets any closer to that fish, the fish will jump up, and I'll catch the fish and have myself a meal."
這時，岸上的一只熊抬起頭來自言自語道：“如果那只蒼蠅再飛近魚，魚就會跳起來吃蒼蠅，我就能抓魚吃?！?/div>
As luck would have it, a hunter saw what was happening. He thought to himself, "If that fly moves closer to the fish, the fish will jump, the bear will lean over to grab the fish, and I'll shoot the bear."
一個幸運的獵人看到這一幕，想著：“如果那只蒼蠅再飛近魚，魚就會跳起來吃蒼蠅，熊就會俯身去抓魚，我就能射熊。”
Just then, a rat was standing behind the hunter saying to itself, "If that fly moves closer to the fish, the fish will jump, the bear will lean over to grab the fish, the hunter will lean over to shoot the bear, and I'll grab the sandwich from the back pocket of the hunter."
這時，一只站在獵人身后的老鼠自言自語道：“如果那只蒼蠅再飛近魚，魚就會跳起來吃蒼蠅，熊就會俯身去抓魚，獵人就會弓身射熊，我就能從獵人的后兜里偷出三明治吃。”
However, unbeknownst to the rat, a cat was observing everything and thinking, "If that fly moves closer to the fish, the fish will jump, the bear wil grab the fish, the hunter will shoot the bear, the rat will grab the sandwich, and I'll snatch the rat."
然而，老鼠不知道的是，一只貓看到了一切，它在想：“如果那只蒼蠅再飛近魚，魚就會跳起來吃蒼蠅，熊就會俯身去抓魚，獵人就會弓身射熊，老鼠就會從獵人的后兜里偷三明治，我就能趁機抓住老鼠。”
At that very moment, the fly dropped a few inches, the fish grabbed the fly, the bear grabbed the fish, the hunter shot the bear, the rat grabbed the sandwich, the cat jumped, missed the rat and landed in the lake.
就在這時，蒼蠅往下飛了幾英寸，魚抓到了蒼蠅，熊抓到了魚，獵人射中了熊，老鼠偷到了三明治，貓跳了起來，沒有撲到老鼠，掉進了湖里。
