关于猫的英语文章

The Right Time and Place

It was the start of a very hot Fourth of July weekend. My husband, my dog and Ihad just returned from the lake only to find our cat had been hit by a car andleft on the side of the road. He was still alive, but he was hurt badly. His jawand paw looked badly broken.

We tried to call our vet right away, only to get a recording saying he was gonefor the weekend. We called every veterinarian in the phone book with no luck. Ikept going back to look in the phone book to see if there were any animalhospitals that I missed. We finally decided we had to wait until morning whenall of a sudden the cat cried out in pain.

It was now midnight. I went back to the phone book and said,“God, please help uswith this cat.”

I looked in the phone book again and there was one veterinary hospital abouttwenty miles away that I hadn't called yet. The name and number seemed to jumpout at me. I called the number and I was very surprised when a woman answeredthe phone. I was even more surprised when she said she was the vet and asked howsoon we could get there.

The vet said it didn't look good. Our cat's brain was starting to swell and hecouldn't see, but she would try and save him if we wanted her to.The cat did survive, with his eyesight intact, and after one week he came home.

But the miracle didn't sTOP there. The cat's leg wasn't broken, but the musclehad been torn and the vet thought the cat would need his whole leg amputated.

After the second week, the cat was using that paw almost a hundred percent.

Later the vet told me that if I’d called at any other time that night I would’vegotten a recording there, too. The vet said she’d only sTOPped for a few minutesto check the animals.

I guess when I asked God to help us, He gave us the right time and place tocall.

恰好时间

[纽约]琳达·默雷

7月4日周末正是燠暑的开始。我、我老公和狗刚从湖边回来，结果发现大家的猫被小车撞了，被撂在路边。它仍旧活着，但伤势紧急。它的颚和爪像是骨折了。

大家赶快给兽医打电话，结果录音电话说他出去度周末了。不幸的是，大家几乎给电话簿上的每一个兽医打了电话。我又重新在电话簿上探寻看看是不是有我错过的兽医院。大家最后决定不能不等到早晨，这个时候猫忽然痛苦地尖叫起来。

正值子夜时分。我又去翻电话簿说，“上帝，请帮助这只猫。”

我又看了看电话簿，发现有一个我还没打电话的兽医院，离这儿约20英里。名字和号码仿佛冲向我似的。我拨了号码，而当一位妇女回电话时我感到诧异。当她说她是兽医并问大家多长时间才能到达那儿时我越发诧异。

兽医说事情不太妙。大家猫的头开始肿胀，它也看不见了，但假如大家期望她挽救它的话，她会尽力而为。

猫的确活了下来，但没视力。一周后它回家了。但奇迹没停止。猫的腿没骨折，但肌肉撕裂了，兽医觉得猫需要整条腿截肢。两周后，猫几乎百分之百在用那爪。

后来兽医对我说，假如那天晚上其他时间打电话，我也会得到录音回答的。兽医说她仅仅停几分钟再去检查动物。

我觉得当我叫上帝帮助大家时，他就给了我适合的时间打电话。