文章选自《新概念英语》第三册,图片来源于百度贴吧
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A puma at large
Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When
reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted
forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However,
as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to
investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have
seen the puma were extraordinarily similar. The hunt for the puma began
in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw 'a large cat'
only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it,
and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it
is cornered. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed
at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in
the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and
small animals like rabbits. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. Several people complained of
'cat-like noises' at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the
puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal
was a puma, but where had it come from? As no pumas had been
reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in
the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.
The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is
disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet
countryside.
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