A Missing Cat (上)

The owner of a missing cat is asking

for help. “My baby has been missing

for over a month now, and I want

him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown,

a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown

lives by herself in a trailer park(拖车停车场)

near Clovis. She said that Clyde,

her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come

home for dinner more than a month

ago. The next morning he didn’t

appear for breakfast either. After

Clyde missed an extra-special lunch,

she called the police.

When the policeman asked her to

describe(描写) Clyde, she told him that Clyde

had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth

but was missing half of his left ear,

and was seven years old and

completely white. She then told the

officer that Clyde was about a foot high.

A bell went off. “Is Clyde your

child or your pet?” the officer

suspiciously(可疑)asked. “Well,

he’s my cat, of course,” Mrs. Brown

replied. “Lady, you’re supposed to

report missing PERSONS, not missing

CATS,” said the irritated(激怒)

policeman. “Well, who can I report

this to?” she asked. “You can’t.

You have to ask around your

neighborhood or put up flyers,”

replied the officer.

Mrs. Brown figured (计算) that a

billboard (广告牌) would work a lot

better than an 8”x11” piece of

paper on a telephone pole(电话柱).

There was an empty billboard at

the end of her street(街道) just

off the interstate (跨境) highway.

The billboard had a phone number

on it. She called that number, and

they told her they could blow up

a picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown’s

family album) and put it on the

billboard for all to see.

notes:Mrs Brown is very love

her cat.