the strays keep arriving: now we have 5

流浪猫不断前来：如今我们有五只猫了

cats and they are tenuous, flighty, con-

它们是那么纤细、爱撒娇、傲慢

ceited, naturally bright and awesomely

以及自然，又机灵又令人惊叹的

beautiful.

美丽。

one of the finest things about cats is

猫带给你的最不可思议的好处之一

that when you're feeling bad, very bad—

是当你感到悲伤，非常低落时——

if you just look at a cat cooling it

如果你看见一只猫是如何沉静

the way they do

它们的那种方式

it's a lesson in persevering against

会给你上一课，关于如何坚忍不懈地面对

the odds, and

偶然性，而且

if you can look at 5 cats that's 5

假如你同时看五只猫那就会有五

times better.

倍的效果。

no matter the dozens of cans of tuna

不管你得从超市里买来

from the supermarket: it's fuel for

多少打儿的沙丁鱼罐头，那是在为一种未被人发掘的

an untapped dignity—a splendid

尊严添加燃料——一种极好的

sleek energy of

洁净能量，它关乎

YEA

YEA

especially when it all becomes too

尤其是当一切都变得太

much: this over-thought upon the

多的时候：这些关乎人类

happenings of

诸事的

humans.

过分思虑。