失踪的猫

　　The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. "My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly," said Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer(拖车) park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn't come home for dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn't appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the police. When the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white.

　　一个失踪的猫的主人是寻求帮助的。我的孩子已经失踪一个多月了，我想他回来得这么厉害，布朗夫人说，一个56岁的女人。一个人在拖车布朗太太住在公园附近的克洛维斯(拖车)。她说，克莱德，她7岁的猫，没有回家吃饭比一个月前。第二天早晨，他没出现的早餐。在克莱德错失了一个特别的午餐，她打电话给警察。当警察问她描述克莱德，她告诉他克莱德有美丽的绿眼睛，有他自己的牙齿却不见了他的左耳的一半，而且是七岁，全白的。

　　She then told the officer that Clyde was about a foot high. A bell went off. "Is Clyde your child or your pet?" the officer suspiciously asked. "Well, he's my cat, of course," Mrs. Brown replied. "Lady, you're supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS," said the irritated policeman. "Well, who can I report this to?" she asked. "You can't. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers," replied the officer. Mrs. Brown figured that a billboard would work a lot better than an 8x11 piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the interstate(州际的) highway. The billboard had a phone number on it.

　　她然后告诉官员，克莱德大约一英尺高。贝尔去了。克莱德是你的孩子或你的宠物?警察怀疑地问。嗯，当然，他是我的猫，布朗夫人回答说，。夫人，你应该报告失踪人员，不丢失的猫，“愤怒的警察说。好的，谁能给我这个报告吗?她问。不行，你必须问你附近或张贴传单，警官。布朗太太认为广告牌会比在电话杆一纸8x11片好很多。有一个空的广告牌在她的街道的尽头，就在州际公路(州际的)。广告牌上有一个电话号码。

　　She called that number, and they told her they could blow up a picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown's family album) and put it on the billboard for all to see. "But how can people see it when they whiz by on the interstate?" she asked. "Oh, don't worry, ma'am, they only whiz by between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of the day, the interstate is so full of commuters that no one moves." They told her it would cost only $3,000 a month. So she took most of the money out of her savings account and rented the billboard for a month. The month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared.

　　她说这个数字，他们告诉她，他们可以把克莱德的照片(从布朗太太的家庭相册)，把它放在所有的广告牌上看到的。但是怎么能看到它的人当他们呼啸而过的州际?她问。哦，别担心，夫人，他们只有天才上午2点和下午5点半休息了一天之间，州际充满乘客没有人动。他们告诉她将成本只有3000美元一个月。所以她把大部分的钱储蓄账户、出租广告位一个月。一个月过去了，但克莱德没有出现。

　　Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.

　　因为她在储蓄几乎没钱，布朗太太叫当地的报纸，看看有没有人能帮助她只租一个月的广告牌。她是等待，但，到目前为止，还没有人上前。