Inchina,peoplebelievethat,atthebeginning,thetigerandthecatwerefriends,andthecatwasmuchsmarterthanthetiger.Thecatlearnedthephysicalskillsquickly,andthetigerwasalwaysbehind.Gradually,thetigerhadtolearnfromthecat,andthecatwaspatienttoteachthetiger.Dayafterday,monthaftermonth,finally,thetigercouldalsorun,jump,roll,grasp,tear,andstrikeaswellasthecat.

　　在中国,人们相信在很久以前猫和老虎是好朋友,而且猫比老虎聪明的多.猫学习动作技巧很快,老虎却总是落后.渐渐的,老虎不得不向猫学习了,猫也很有耐心的教老虎.日复一日,月复一月,老虎终于也可以像猫一样,跑,跳,打滚,扑抓,撕咬,击打.

　　Onesummerafternoon,thecatwastakinganapasthetigersittingnearby.Lookingatthecat,thetigersuddenlythought,whyshouldhekeepbefriendingwithsuchasmallanimalsincehehadalreadylearntalltheskillsfromthecat?Theeviltigerdecidedtokillthesleepingcatasabeforedinnersnack.Thetigerstoodupandapproachedthecatviciously.Justasthismoment,thecatwokeup.Openinguphereyes,thesmartcatimmediatelyrealizedwhatthetigerwastryingtodoandswiftlyjumpedontoanearbytalltreeandclimbedtothetopbranch.

　　一个夏天的下午,猫在打盹,老虎在边上坐着.老虎看着猫,忽然想到,既然自己已经学会了猫的所有本领,为什么还要和这么小的动物一直做朋友呢?邪恶的老虎决定杀死熟睡中的猫,当作晚餐前的点心.老虎站起来,邪恶的一步步靠近猫.就在这时,猫醒来了.聪明的她睁开眼睛立刻意识到老虎要干什么,于是立刻灵活的跳到了附近的大树上,爬到树顶.

　　Thetigerthoughthehadalreadylearnedeveryskillfromthecat.Butheneverknewthatthecathadhiddenthetreeclimbingfromhim.

　　老虎以为他已经学到了猫的所有本领,但他不知道猫还藏了一手爬树的本事.

　　“IkeptthelasttechniqueofthetreeclimbingfromyoujustbecauseIsuspectedyoumightbecanungratefulfriend.”Thecatloudlytoldthetigerwhowatchedunderthetreehelplessly.

　　“我没有让你学这最后一个爬树的技巧,因为我怀疑你可能会是个不知感恩的朋友.”