147 VENUS AND THE CAT维纳斯和猫

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VENUS AND THE CAT

A Cat fell in love with a handsome young man, and begged the goddess Venus to change her into a woman. Venus was very gracious about it, and changed her at once into a beautiful maiden, whom the young man fell in love with at first sight and shortly afterwards married. One day Venus thought she would like to see whether the Cat had changed her habits as well as her form; so she let a mouse run loose in the room where they were. Forgetting everything, the young woman had no sooner seen the mouse than up she jumped and was after it like a shot: at which the goddess was so disgusted that she changed her back again into a Cat.

维纳斯和猫

一只母猫爱上了一个英俊的青年男子，请求爱神维纳斯将自己变成一个女人。仁慈的爱神维纳斯同意了她的请求，立即将她变成了一个美丽的少女。青年男子对她一见钟情，很快两人就结婚了。有一天，维纳斯想去看看那只变身后的猫是否也改变了以往的习性，便将一只老鼠放进他们的房子里。年轻女子把现在的身份忘得一干二净，一见到老鼠，便立刻跳下床去追。爱神见此十分气愤，又将母猫变回了原来的模样。

词汇解析

1. gracious：adj.亲切的，和蔼的;（对王族及其行为的敬语）仁慈的，谦和的;雅致的;有礼貌的;int.（表示惊异）天哪，老天爷;

2. maiden：n.处女;未婚女子;断头机;未得分的投球;adj.处女的，少女的;首次的，初次的;没有经验的;

   
   

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作者 Alice

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