The Fire Cat

The Fire Cat by Esther Averio Read by Echo Kids Yolanda

《消防猫》 作者：埃丝特·阿韦里奥 朗读者：回声儿童频道 尤兰达

Pickles Once upon a time, there was a yellow cat with black spots in his fur. His name was Pickles.

皮克尔斯 从前，有一只毛上长着黑斑的小黄猫，他的名字叫皮克尔斯。

Peckers was a young cat. His paws were big, and he wished to do big things with them. But where could Peckers find anything big to do? Peckers lived in a barrel. The barrel was all that he had for a home.

皮克尔斯是一只小猫，他的爪子很大，他想用这双大爪子干大事。 可是皮克尔斯上哪儿能找到大事做呢？ 皮克尔斯住在一个木桶里，这个木桶就是他唯一的家。

Pickles's sparrow was in an old yard, where there was nothing big to do. So what did Pickles do? He ran after little cats. He ran after very little cats that came into the yard. And he chased the little cat out of the yard. This was a bad bad thing, but it was all that Pickles could find to do.

皮克尔斯的活动范围在一个旧院子里，这儿没什么大事可做，那皮克尔斯 会做什么呢？ 他追着小猫跑，专门追那些跑进院子的小不点儿猫咪，然后他 就把小猫赶出院子，这可是件非常非常坏的事，可这是皮克尔斯 唯一能找到的事儿做。

Next to Pickles' yard was a house. In the house lived many cats, who called out to Pickles, You are bad. You cannot be our friend. But Pickles did have a friend in the house. His friend was Mrs. Goodkind.

皮克尔斯的院子旁边有一栋房子，房子里住了好多猫咪，它们对着皮克尔斯喊： “你太坏了，我们才不要和你做朋友。” 不过房子里确实有皮克尔斯的一个朋友，就是好心太太。

Every day Mrs. Goodkind came into the yard and gave Pickles something to eat. One day Mrs. Goodkind said, Pickles, you are not a bad cat. You are not a good cat. You are good and bad. And bad and good. You are a mixed up cat. What you need is a good home. Then you'll be good.

好心太太每天都会到院子里来，给皮克尔斯送吃的。 有一天好心太太说：“皮克尔斯，你不是一只坏猫。” “你也不是一只好猫。” “你呀，好一阵坏一阵。” “坏一阵又好一阵。” “你真是只好坏掺半的小猫。” “你需要的是一个温暖的家。” “到时候你就会变乖啦。”