09-THE NOBLE CANNYCAT CLAN

THE NOBLE CANNYCAT CLAN What a day! What a night! What a fright! I stared down at my fur. What mouse bumps! They were popping up all over the place like pimples on a teenage rodent! I checked out the room I had stumbled into by candlelight. It was painted all black. How dark and depressing. I prefer yellow myself. It's a very cheery color. And of course, it's the color of cheese! The room was covered in cobwebs. In the center stood a huge four-poster bed. I noticed a name carved on the headboard: Slicedpaw Cannycat. There was also a marble fireplace. I

多么美好的一天啊!多么美妙的夜晚!太可怕了!我低头看着自己的皮毛。 老鼠撞了!它们就像小老鼠身上的青春痘一样到处冒出来!我在烛光下检查了我偶然进入的房间。 它被漆成了黑色。多么黑暗和压抑啊。 我自己更喜欢黄色。这是一种非常欢快的颜色。 当然，这是奶酪的颜色!房间里爬满了蜘蛛网。 中间放着一张巨大的四柱床。 我注意到床头板上刻着一个名字:切爪兔猫。 还有一座大理石壁炉。 我

wondered if there were any mouse bones in this one. I shivered. Then I noticed something odd. The room seemed to be connected to a laboratory. It was filled with shelves of books on magic. Could Duke Slicedpaw Cannycat have been a magician? I locked the door and pushed a heavy chest of drawers against it. You never can be too safe. Then I lay down on the bed. But my eyes were wide open. In fact, I hadn't blinked for ten minutes! No, I wasn't tired. How could I sleep with a terrifying ghost cat prowling around out there?! My teeth began to chatter. I had to get my mind off that ghost. I picked up a book on the bedside table. The title was THE CANNYCAT CLAN TELLS ALL: SECRETS AND SCANDALS OF A NOT-SO-NOBLE FAMILY.

不知道这里面有没有老鼠骨头。 我不禁打了个哆嗦。然后我注意到一些奇怪的事情。 这个房间似乎与一个实验室相连。 里面摆满了书架上关于魔法的书。 切爪兔公爵会是魔术师吗? 我锁上门，把一个沉重的五斗橱推到门上。 你永远不会太安全。 然后我躺在床上。 但我的眼睛睁得大大的。 事实上，我已经有十分钟没眨眼了!不，我不累。 有只可怕的鬼猫在外面游荡我怎么睡得着!我的牙齿开始打颤。 我得把我的注意力从那鬼魂身上移开。 我拿起床头柜上的一本书。 书名是《食人猫家族揭秘:一个不那么高贵的家庭的秘密和丑闻》。

As I leafed through the book, I recognized the cats from the portraits I had seen earlier. Curious, I began to read. PRINCE BIGPAW CANNYCAT Founder of the Cannycat dynasty. Known to his friends as Bigpaw Poppa. DUCHESS CURLYPAW CANNYCAT Famous for her stunning muskrat cape. She ruled the family with an iron curly paw. Meow! DUKE SLICEDPAW CANNYCAT His paw was cut off during the battle of Raterloo. It is rumored he could smell a mouse blindfolded in an airtight room with a clothespin stuck on his nose! Legend has it. he was a magician, His ghost wanders around the castle to this day.

当我翻阅这本书时，我认出了我之前看过的那些猫的肖像。 出于好奇，我开始阅读。坎尼猫王朝的创始人。 他的朋友们都叫他大爷爷。 公爵夫人卷毛猫因其迷人的麝鼠披肩而闻名。 她用卷曲的铁爪统治着这个家。 喵呜!他的爪子在拉特卢战役中被切掉了。 有传言说，在一个密闭的房间里，他被蒙上眼睛，鼻子上夹着一个衣夹，他能闻到老鼠的味道!传说如此。 他是个魔术师，他的鬼魂直到今天还在城堡里游荡。

DUKE SHORTYPAW CANNYCAT Nicknamed "Penny-pincher" because of his stinginess. He wore the same underwear for months to save on laundry detergent. BARONESS PINKYPAW CANNYCAT The duke's daughter. A beautiful female cat. She married Baron von Slinker and had three kittens: Slinky, Slinkette, and Slinks Cannycat. DUKE LONGPAW CANNYCAT Curlypaw's great-grandson. He was known for his expensive tastes. He would only eat at the best fish restaurants in town. He loved gambling and ended up squandering the family fortune.

由于他的吝啬，绰号“吝啬鬼”。 为了省洗衣费，他一连几个月都穿同一件内衣。 公爵的女儿。 一只漂亮的母猫。她嫁给了男爵von Slinker，生了三只小猫:Slinky, Slinkette和Slinks Cannycat。 公爵长爪猫卷爪的曾孙。 他以嗜好昂贵著称。 他只在镇上最好的鱼餐馆吃饭。 他喜欢赌博，结果挥霍了家产。