【漢語翻譯】

　　敲鐘的貓

　　這只貓住在一家女修道院里。她注意到當某個鐘(bell)敲響(ring)時，一群(a group of)修女就會來吃飯，她也可以得到她的食物。

　　有一天她把自己關(guān)閉(shut)在一間屋子里，那時她聽到鐘聲響了。但她無法打開門，窗戶太高了夠不著，玻璃(glass)太結(jié)實了無法打破(break)。最后，幾個小時后，門終于被打開了。她匆忙趕到她期盼(expect)可以找到午餐的地方，但那里卻沒有午餐。她太餓了，饑餓讓她變得聰明。她知道拉響鐘聲的繩子懸掛(hang)在哪兒。“現(xiàn)在，要是那掛鐘響了，一般我就可以得到我的晚餐了。”當她朝繩子跑去時，她這樣想著。那是一根粗繩子(a thick rope)。她可以很容易地夠到繩子。她一躍而起跳上了繩子。繩子響起了悅耳的聲音。在她搖擺（swing）時，她想，“現(xiàn)在我將要得到我的晚餐了，盡管我沒有吃上午餐。”鐘聲越來越響了。

　　修女們聽到鐘聲在這不尋常的時間內(nèi)響起，便匆匆趕到鐘所在的地方。她們想知道(wonder)到底發(fā)生什么事了。讓她們非常驚奇的是(to their great surprise)，她們看到敲響鐘的竟是那只貓。她們無法理解，還想了一段時間，后來，給這只貓喂食的那位修女想起這只貓在午飯時間不在場(present)，然后，她就立即給這只貓拿來了雙倍的(double)食物。?

　　五十八. Lewis and Clark Reach the Pacific

　　I clean the rain off my face. Most explorers (探險家) hope to find land, but Meriwether Lewis and I, William Clark, came all the way from St. Louis to reach thePacific Ocean. I turn around and face the rest of our ship members.

　　“We did it!” I shout, putting up our flag. Everyone cheers as loudly as waves(波浪)hitting the rocks. "We've paddled (劃槳) upstream, walked a long way over snowymountains, and faced hunger and many other dangers. ”

　　At the time, I see the girl. She keeps silent.“Of course, without the help of our Indian friend, we wouldn't have made it Thank you, miss.”

　　I look back at the Pacific and notice that Meriwether looks unhappy. I truly can understand why. We had hoped to see Asian trading ships at sea, but there are no ships anywhere. We planned to sail home by sea. Maybe the ships will come soon. If not, we'll have to go back the same way we came.

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