流浪猫不断前来：如今我们有五只猫了

the strays keep arriving: now we have 5

它们是那么纤细、爱撒娇、傲慢

cats and they are tenuous, flighty, con-

以及自然，又机灵又令人惊叹的

ceited, naturally bright and awesomely

美丽。

beautiful.

猫带给你的最不可思议的好处之一

one of the finest things about cats is

是当你感到悲伤，非常低落时——

that when you're feeling bad, very bad—

如果你看见一只猫是如何沉静

if you just look at a cat cooling it

它们的那种方式

the way they do

会给你上一课，关于如何坚忍不懈地面对

it's a lesson in persevering against

偶然性，而且

the odds, and

假如你同时看五只猫那就会有五

if you can look at 5 cats that's 5

倍的效果。

times better.

不管你得从超市里买来

no matter the dozens of cans of tuna

多少打儿的沙丁鱼罐头，那是在为一种未被人发掘的

from the supermarket: it's fuel for

尊严添加燃料——一种极好的

an untapped dignity—a splendid

洁净能量，它关乎

sleek energy of

YEA

YEA

尤其是当一切都变得太

especially when it all becomes too

多的时候：这些关乎人类

much: this over-thought upon the

诸事的

happenings of

过分思虑。

humans.