Day 5: Adventure Kitty
第五天：冒险小猫猫
Go outside. Put on your writer hat. Try to notice 5 things to write about! What I saw: a family having a barbecue, a butterfly pacing me on my run, a front yard full of purple hyacinths and yellow primroses, a tree hung with Easter eggs, and an adventurous cat.
我看到了：在烧烤的一家人，和我一起慢跑的蝴蝶，布满紫色风信子和鹅黄色樱草的前院，挂上复活节彩蛋的树 ，以及一只爱冒险的小猫咪。
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| The breeze tickles my whiskers and I am awake. First things first, I give my body a delicious stretch. The sun warms the tips of my ears, a bumblebee buzzes through the shimmering air. Then my nose detects something wonderful. Meat on hot coals. | 微风轻挠我脸上的须，我是一只醒着的小猫。首先，我要活动下筋骨。阳光照得我耳尖暖烘烘的，一只黄蜂在晒得眩晕的空气中嗡嗡叫。我好像嗅到了什么美味，那是热碳烤肉。 |
| The next garden is full of colour and noise. I slink around the fence, stay low to the ground. Maybe if I’m fast enough I can scavenge a scrap of meat from a plate abandoned to play. The humans and their many noises used to scare me, but I know now they mean nothing by them. They are just bad at quiet. There I spot it! Beneath the table, carelessly dropped. I pounce, bite and run, elated by my catch. I chew the juicy meat with relish. | 我来到了另一户人家的花园，缤纷喧闹。我绕着栅栏不紧不慢地行走，没有一丝声响。小孩子吃烤肉吃到一半跑去玩，如果我跑得快，说不准还能捡到一块吃剩的烤肉。我平时挺怕人的，也怕他们的动静声响。不过我发现人类的声响没有特别的意思，他们只是不知道怎么安静下来。我发现了一块烤肉！就在桌底下，不小心弄掉的。我跳起来去叼肉，随即逃跑，兴奋不已。我嚼着的多汁烤肉，非常满意。 |
| Next to me suddenly a flash of yellow. It dances up and down, back and forth. A butterfly has come to keep me company. It dashes ahead and I break into a run. Eyes fixed on the bouncing body, my feet fly over cracks in the concrete. My legs are my wings and I tango with my flighty friend. | 一抹黄影飞来我身旁，四处转动，来来回回的。原来是一只蝴蝶来陪我玩耍。我追着朝前飞舞的蝴蝶，紧盯着它摇曳的翅膀，越过了水泥地板上的缝隙。我的小猫腿如同蝴蝶的翅膀，让我随着会飞的蝴蝶朋友翩翩起舞。 |
| Then a roar. My instincts take over and I bolt to cover. Cowered underneath a car, I turn my ears to the sound, which has morphed into a steady grumble. My heart beats wildly against my chest. I inch forwards in my hiding spot, until I can make out the garden across the street. There the butterfly still dances, now around a human pushing something in front of him. Slowly my body relaxes, and I notice a new scent. Wet grass, freshly torn from the stem. I will never get used to these howling monsters the humans keep with them, but I am glad for my fluttering friend and its serenity. | 我听见一声巨响。猫咪的本能让我迅速躲到车底，抬起耳朵，注意着外界的声响，那声巨响逐渐变成平稳的嘟囔。我感受到急促的心跳。我从藏身的车底往外看，慢慢往外走，直到对面街道的花园越来越清晰。那只蝴蝶依旧起舞，只不过它现在是在一个人类跟前飞舞着。我缓缓歇息，还嗅到一种不一样的清香，是湿润小草断掉之后的味道。我一向不习惯人类这些机器的噪音，但是我为蝴蝶朋友感到高兴，因为它感觉不到这样的噪音。 |
| I dare not move closer to the noise, so I slip into the garden behind me. Here the green grass is dotted in purple and yellow and the air is sweet. I place my paws gingerly between the dots, protecting the fragile sprouts of life around me. This is a good place to rest. Up ahead I see a tree, its twisting branches still bare, but decorated with eggs on strings in all colours of the rainbow. A fork high up in the branches is perfectly cat-shaped, I propel myself up the tree and curl up against the warm bark. As I drift off into sleep, I see a streak of yellow beside me and feel six tiny feet touch down on my nose. | 我不敢走近传来噪音的地方，我只敢悄悄走进身后的花园，翠绿的草坪上零星布满黄色紫色的小花，就连空气也是香甜的。我的爪子落在小花之间，小心护着周遭脆弱的生灵。这是休息的好地方，抬头见一树木，枝干缠绕，未见叶子，但却挂上了色彩缤纷的复活节彩蛋。树枝上还挂了一把叉子，大小恰好适宜让一只小猫躺下，我爬上树干，卷起身子，靠着暖和的树干。我快进入梦乡时，迷糊中看到一抹黄颜色，只觉有六只小小的脚丫落在我的鼻子上。 |
Image by Kessa from Pixabay.
Last modified on 2020-03-28