Chapter 11 10.spring

The cat named Snowball prefers to spend the night rather than the day.Probably because his eyes are better adapted to the dark.But I guess that's because there's always something worth noting in New York at night. Snowball has many neighbors around her house, some of them are house cats, and some of them are shop cats.He knew a Maltese cat who lived in an A&P, a white Persian who lived in another door of an apartment building, a tortoiseshell cat who lived in a deli, and a cat who lived in the basement of a branch library. Tabby, a beautiful little angora cat who escaped from a cage in a pet store on Third Street, is living her free life in a small tool room next to the park near the Stuart home. ②

One fine spring night, Snowball went to visit the Angora cat who lived in the park.When he wanted to go home later in the day, she said she wanted to walk with him because the evening was so lovely.They did not sit down until they came to Little's house, under the ivy outside George's bedroom window.The ivy was especially useful to Snowball, for at night he could climb up to it through the open window of George's bedroom, and slip out quietly.Snowball began to tell his friends about Margot and Stuart. "My God," said the Angora, "you mean you live with a bird and a mouse, and never bother them?"

"That is so," answered Snowball. "But what else can I do? Remember, Stuart is part of the family too, and the bird is a perpetually welcome guest, just like me." "Well," said Snowball's friend, "all I can say is that you have more self-control than I do." "No doubt," said Snowball. "Anyway, I sometimes think I'm holding back too much. My nerves have been under a lot of stress lately, and I think that's because I'm always suppressed." The voices of the two cats grew louder, and as they talked so loudly, the slightest movement from a few steps up the ivy was not heard.There was a sleeping gray dove there, and now they had awakened it, and was listening there. "Sounds like an interesting conversation," Pigeon said to himself. "I'd better stay here and maybe learn something."

"Indeed," he heard the Angora cat say to Snowball, "I admit that a cat has a duty to think about its master, and in that case it would be wrong for you to eat Margot. But I am not your family." member, so there's nothing stopping me from eating her, is there?" "I can't think of any reason to stop you now," said Snowball. "Now I'm up," said the Angora, climbing up the ivy.The pigeon was now fully awake, and tried to flee; but there was another sound from below. "Wait," said Snowball, "don't be in such a hurry. I don't think you should go there to-night."

"Why not?" the cat asked. "Well, for one thing. You can't come into our house, it's trespassing, and you might get in trouble." "I'm not going to get in trouble," said the Angora. "Please wait till tomorrow night," insisted Snowball. "Mr. and Mrs. Little will be out then, and you won't have to take such risks. I guess that's your time." "Oh, well," agreed the Angora. "I guess I can wait. Tell me where to find the bird, after I get in." "Very easy," said Snowball. "Climb up the ivy, go through the open window into George's bedroom, and then into the living room, and climb up to the Boston fern on the bookshelf and you'll find the sleeping bird."

"It's so easy," said the Angora, licking its face. "I am very grateful, sir." "Oh, the old way!" said the pigeon to itself, and flew off quickly to find paper and pencil.Snowball said good night to his friend, climbed up the ivy, and went back to bed. The next morning, Margot woke up to find a note among the branches of her fern.It said: Beware of that strange cat that comes in the middle of the night.The signature at the bottom is: A kind person.All day she tucked the note under her wing, wondering what she should do, but she dared not show it to anyone--not even Stuart.She couldn't eat because she was too scared.

"What should I do?" she kept asking herself. Finally, just before dark, she jumped up the open window and flew away without saying anything to anyone.It was spring, and she flew as far north as she could, because she thought to herself that when spring came, the birds should fly north. Note ①: A&P: Although the abbreviation of Associatea Aress is also A&P, I don't think Xueqiu can reach such a distinguished friend.My friend Huzi said that there really is a supermarket chain called A&P in New York, but unfortunately I don’t know the full name. Note ②: Here, White refers to all in general, so it is very vague.Just casually note:

Maltese cat (Meltese cat): a blue-gray domestic cat, there should be many types, who knows which one it refers to? Tortoise-shell cat: A general term for cats with tortoise shell color.Docile personality, specifically divided into blue tortoiseshell cats, dark gray and black tortoiseshell cats, brown tortoiseshell cats, brown tortoiseshell cats, lavender tortoiseshell cats, white tortoiseshell cats, jewel-colored tortoiseshell cats, etc. There are different breeds of tortoiseshell cats. Tiger cat: There are dozens of kinds of blue tabby cats, creamy yellow tabby cats, red standard tabby cats, blue standard tabby cats, silver-white standard tabby cats, brown standard tabby cats, red standard tabby cats, etc.

Angora cat (Angore cat): native to Turkey, named after its capital.It was famous in the seventeenth century, and it was famous in the Victorian era, and it contributed a lot to the development of long-haired cats, but then the number decreased day by day. Today, the breed with this name in the UK is an oriental short-haired cat with a long-haired gene. Based on artificial breeding.Angora cats are mischievous and friendly, and there are dozens of types such as blue-eyed white Angora cats, green-eyed white Angora cats, lavender Angora cats, chocolate-colored Angora cats, and cinnamon-colored Angora cats.

Persian cat: It is called long-haired cat in the UK and Persian cat in North America.Elegant manner, charming appearance.It has been popular since the Victorian era. After breeding, there are more and more varieties, including blue, blue-eyed white, blue milk, black, gold, white and so on.