No Mummies

Story 6. No Mummies.

故事6 不要木乃伊

Long, long ago, on a far, far island, there was a kingdom of cats. Muffin the King wanted to live forever. He always said, A cat has nine lives, but I'm a king, and I should have thousands of lives.

很久很久以前，在一座很远很远的小岛上，有一个猫咪王国。 松饼国王想要长生不老，他总说： 猫有九条命，可我是国王，我应该有几千条命才对。

Many cats were sent to find a way to live forever.

好多猫咪都被派出去寻找长生不老的办法。

Soon a black cat came back with good news. In Egypt, if a king dies, he is turned into a mummy. It's said that the king will be well kept and come back to life in the future. That is great! The king said, But must I die first? No one dared to kill a king. What if he couldn't come back to life? Maybe cats needn't do so. The black cat guessed.

没过多久，一只黑猫带着好消息回来了。 在埃及，如果国王去世了，就会被做成木乃伊。 据说国王会被好好保存，将来还会复活。 太棒了！ 国王说道。 可我必须得先死才行吗？ 没人敢杀国王呀。 万一他没法复活可怎么办？ 说不定猫咪不需要这么做呢。 黑猫猜测道。

Time is life. The king couldn't wait. First, he and his queen were a king mummy and a queen mummy. Then a princess mummy and two prince mummies. What are we going to eat? He asked. The cats of the kingdom prepared lots of mouse mummies and fish mummies.

时间就是生命，国王可等不及了。 首先，他和王后被做成了国王木乃伊和王后木乃伊。 接着又做了公主木乃伊和两位王子木乃伊。 那我们要吃什么呀？ 他问道。王国里的猫咪们准备了好多老鼠木乃伊和鱼木乃伊。

Then, since the princess wanted her teddy bear, the kingdom prepared a number of doll mummies. Flower mummies, crown mummies, bird mummies, and cloud mummies were also created.

后来，因为公主想要她的泰迪熊，王国又做了好多玩偶木乃伊。 大家还做了花朵木乃伊、王冠木乃伊、小鸟木乃伊和云朵木乃伊。