There are posters on every lamp post on Chen's street. They say, "LOST CAT. Orange, with one white foot. Please call." Under the words is a phone number.
陈住的那条街上,每根路灯杆上都贴着海报。上面写着:“寻猫启事。橘色,有一只白脚。请来电。”字下面是一个电话号码。
Every morning, Chen walks past the bakery on his way to school. Every morning, an orange cat sleeps in the window by the bread. Chen stops and looks at it for a long time.
每天早上,陈上学都会经过那家面包店。每天早上,一只橘色的猫都睡在橱窗里的面包旁边。陈会停下来,看它看很久。
"Is it the same cat?" he asks himself. Many cats are orange. He needs to see the foot.
“是同一只猫吗?”他问自己。很多猫都是橘色的,他得看看那只脚。
On Thursday, he gets to the bakery early. The cat sits up and stretches. One front foot is white, like a small sock. Chen's heart beats fast.
星期四,他很早就到了面包店。猫坐起来,伸了个懒腰。它的一只前脚是白色的,像一只小袜子。陈的心怦怦直跳。
He reads the number on a poster and calls it. A woman answers at once.
他照着海报上的号码打了电话。一位女士马上接了。
"I think I see your cat," Chen says. "He is in the bakery on my street."
“我想我看到了你的猫,”陈说,“它在我们这条街的面包店里。”
"I will come now," the woman says. "My name is Olga."
“我马上过来,”女士说,“我叫奥尔加。”
Ten minutes later, she runs down the street. She opens the bakery door, and the cat jumps into her arms.
十分钟后,她跑着来到街上。她打开面包店的门,猫跳进了她的怀里。
The baker comes out from behind the counter. "I feed him every morning," she says. "I give him a little fish. I thought he had no home."
面包师从柜台后面走了出来。“我每天早上都喂它,”她说,“给它一点小鱼。我还以为它没有家呢。”
"He has a home," Olga says. "But he found a second breakfast."
“它有家,”奥尔加说,“只不过它找到了第二份早餐。”
She thanks Chen and the baker. Chen walks to the nearest lamp post and takes down the poster.
她感谢了陈和面包师。陈走到最近的路灯杆旁,把海报取了下来。






