by Rudyard Kipling
Pussy can sit by the fire and sing,
Pussy can climb a tree,
Or play with a silly old cork and string
To 'muse herself, not me.
But I like Binkie my dog, because
He knows how to behave;
So, Binkie's the same as the First Friend was,
And I am the Man in the Cave!
Pussy will play man-Friday till
It's time to wet her paw
And make her walk on the window-sill
(For the footprint Crusoe saw);
Then she fluffles her tail and mews,
And scratches and won't attend.
But Binkie will play whatever I choose,
And he is my true First Friend!
Pussy will rub my knees with her head
Pretending she loves me hard;
But the very minute I go to my bed
Pussy runs out in the yard,
And there she stays till the morning-light;
So I know it is only pretend;
But Binkie, he snores at my feet all night,
And he is my Firstest Friend!
小編點評怎麽樣，是不是被詩裏的貓咪和狗狗萌到了呢？貓咪Pussy總是自顧自地玩耍，還會假裝討好主人，主人可不上當，他知道Pussy只是為了她自己高興！相比之下，小狗Binkie就乖順多了，他總是知道該怎麽做，總是聽主人的話，在主人睡著時整夜守在旁邊……Rudyard Kipling說他更喜歡Binkie，妳的意見呢？
Rudyard Kipling（1865~1936，中文譯名：拉迪亞德·吉蔔林）是英國小說家、詩人，出生於印度孟買。他早年的詩集《機關打油詩》、短篇小說集《山的故事》《三個士兵》等風格清新自然，生動展現了印度的風土人情，曾使當時英國讀者耳目壹新。後來的動物故事《叢林之書》、長篇小說《基姆》更給他贏來世界聲譽。馬克·吐溫曾盛贊吉蔔林的作品：“我了解吉蔔林的書……它們對於我從來不會變得蒼白，它們保持著繽紛的色彩；它們永遠是新鮮的。”由於“觀察的能力、新穎的想象、雄渾的思想和傑出的敘事才能”，他於1907年獲得諾貝爾文學獎，成為英國第壹位獲此獎的作家。
The cat that walked by himself 本是英國壹個童話故事的名字