Lesson 16 The full text of the cat.
My family had cats several times, and they always disappeared or died in the end. Third sister likes cats best. After coming home from class, she often plays with cats. Once, I asked the next door for a newborn cat. Gray hair, very lively, like a mass of snow with dirt, often rolls in the sun in front of the gallery.
Third sister often pulls a red ribbon or rope back and forth in front of it, and it grabs it, and then grabs it. I sat on a cane chair and looked at them. I can spend an hour or two smiling. At that time, the sunshine was warm and I felt the freshness and happiness of life in my heart.
Later, the cat suddenly lost weight somehow, refused to eat, and its shiny hair was dirty. It lay under the chair in the hall all day and refused to come out. Third sister tried every means to tease it, but it ignored it. We are all very sad about it. Third Sister specially bought a small bronze bell, which was worn by HongLing and hung around her neck, but it just seemed out of proportion. It's just idle and depressed.
One day at noon, I came back from the compiler, and the third sister said sadly, "Brother, the kitten is dead!" " "
I also felt bitter in my heart, pity the little couple who have been with me for the past two months! At that time, I had to comfort Third Sister and say, "Never mind, I'll get you another one."
A few days later, the second sister came back from my uncle's house in Hongkou. She said that my uncle kept three or four kittens there, which was very interesting and was about to be given to others. Third sister urged her to buy one. On Sunday, my mother came back with a yellow kitten. Part of Third Sister's attention was immediately attracted by this yellow kitten.
This kitten is more interesting and lively than the first one. It runs around the garden and climbs trees. Sometimes when a butterfly flies calmly, it will pounce and catch them. It looks so lively that it is not afraid of strangers at all. Sometimes it jumps from the tree to the wall and runs to the street to bask in the sun. We are all worried and have to ask, "Where is the kitten?" Where is the kitten? "Asked several times.
I always look for it first before I find it. Third sister often points at it and scolds it with a smile: "You little cat, you won't run around if you are caught by a beggar!" " "When I go home for lunch, I always see it sitting outside the iron gate. As soon as I came in, I flew in. The entertainment after dinner is to watch it climb trees.
Hiding in the faint sunshine among the green leaves, as if waiting to catch something. Hold it down. As soon as I let go, I quickly climbed up. After two or three months, it can catch mice. Once, I caught a fat mouse, and since then, I haven't heard any annoying squeaks at night.
One morning, I got up, put on my clothes and went downstairs. I don't see a kitten. I looked in the small garden, but I couldn't find it. I have some death warnings in my heart.
"Third sister, where's the kitten?"
She hurried downstairs and replied, "I looked for it just now, but I didn't see it."
The family were busy looking for it, but they finally disappeared.
Lisao Road; "I opened the door early in the morning and saw it in the hall. It disappeared when cooking. "
Everyone is unhappy, as if they have lost a dear companion, even Aunt Zhang, who has never liked it very much, said. "What a pity, what a pity, such a good kitten."
I still have a glimmer of hope in my heart, thinking that it may accidentally find its way home.
At lunch, Aunt Zhang complained, "I just met a girl from the Zhou family next door. She said that she saw my kitten outside the door this morning and was caught by a passerby. "
So this loss was confirmed. Third sister muttered unhappily, "They saw it, why didn't they come out and stop it?" They know it belongs to my family! "
I am also disappointed and resentful, cursing the unknown person who took away what we love.
Since then, my family hasn't had a cat for a long time.
On a winter morning, a poor kitten curled up at the door. The coat color is gray, but it is not good-looking and thin. It can't go down If we don't take it and stay, at least we will be killed by the cold and hunger in winter. Aunt Zhang picked it up and fed it every day. But nobody likes it very much. Not lively, and don't like stubborn swimming like other kittens. It seems to have a natural melancholy. Even the third sister who loves cats doesn't pay attention to it.
So, a few months later, it was still my animal. Getting fatter, but still not lively. When everyone chats in the sun on the front porch, it often curls up at the feet of mother or third sister. Third Sister sometimes visits Doby, but she is not so interested in the first few kittens. One day, because it was cold at night, I got under the stove and a few hairs were burned, which made it even more ugly.
Spring has come, and it has become a strong cat, but it still does not change its melancholy and does not catch mice. It crouches lazily all day, eating fat.
At this time, my wife bought a pair of yellow hibiscus birds to hang in front of the porch, which sounded very nice. My wife often asks Aunt Zhang to change water, add bird food and wash the cage. The white cat seems to pay special attention to the pair of yellow birds and often jumps on the table and stares at the birdcage.
The wife said, "Aunt Zhang, be careful of that cat. It will eat birds. "
Aunt Zhang Ran caught the cat. After a while, it jumped on the table and stared at the birdcage.
One day, when I went downstairs, I heard Aunt Zhang calling, "A bird died, one leg was bitten off, and the cage was full of blood. What killed it? "
I quickly looked down, and sure enough, a bird was dead, with loose feathers, as if it had been fighting the enemy for a long time.
I was very angry and cried, "It must be a cat, it must be a cat!" " "So I'll find it.
When the wife heard this, she hurried down and saw the dead bird. She was very sad and said, "Who else was killed by this cat?" It often looks at birdcages. I told Aunt Zhang to be careful. Aunt Zhang! Why are you not careful? "
Aunt Zhang is silent and can't have any excuses.
So the cat's crime was proved. Everyone went to find this disgusting cat and wanted to give it a punishment. I looked for it for a long time, but I couldn't find it. I thought it was really "absconding".
Third sister cried upstairs, "Here's the cat."
It is lying on the balcony basking in the sun, with a serene posture, and seems to be eating something. I think it must be eating the poor bird's leg. In a rage, it picked up a stick leaning against the stair door and chased it. It cried sadly, "Meiyu!" " Escaped to the roof.
I'm still angry in my heart, thinking that I haven't got the punishment I deserve.
A few days later, Mrs. Li called downstairs, "cat, cat!" Come to eat birds again. " At the same time, I saw a black cat running away from the terrace with a yellow bird in its mouth. I'm starting to think I'm wrong!
I feel very sad in my heart. Really, my conscience was hurt. I didn't judge clearly, so I jumped to a conclusion and wronged an animal that can't speak or defend. Thinking of its irresistible escape makes me feel my anger and my abuse. These are the needles that sting my conscience!
I really want to remedy my mistake, but it can't speak. How can I express my misunderstanding about it?
Two months later, our cat suddenly died on the roof next door. I'm much sadder about losing it than losing two cats before.
I will never have a chance to correct my mistake!
Since then, my family has never kept a cat again.
Shanghai, 1925 1 1 July 7th.
Extended data
The fresh and simple writing style and "realistic" writing method are the remarkable features of Zheng Zhenduo's prose creation. This article can be said to be a masterpiece in this respect. The article describes the process of raising cats in the author's family, and truly shows the author's complicated inner feelings at that time. The writing is delicate and euphemistic, fresh and moving.
The text closely follows the topic of "cats" and tells the story between a family and three cats. Among them, "cat" is the bright line of narrative, which connects the whole article, while the dark line is the author's subjective feeling. Having a cat for three times and dying for three times, the author's feelings are ups and downs, deeper and deeper every time.
I adopted a gray newborn cat for the first time, which was very lively. "It often rolls around in the sun in front of the porch, just like a snowball with dust." The author "sat on a cane chair and watched the scene where Third Sister let the kitten jump up", "I felt the freshness and happiness of life in my heart".
The author's narrative is natural and vivid, with no sense of carving, and the author's joy and joy are permeated between the lines. But one day, the kitten died inexplicably. The author also felt a twinge of bitterness. The author's subjective feelings declined, from "happiness" to "bitterness".
The second time, the author's family adopted a yellow kitten, which was more interesting and lively than the first one. It also caught mice and became the darling of the whole family for entertainment after dinner, but one day it was caught again. The loss of the kitten once again brought unhappiness to the whole family, and the author's subjective feelings dropped again, from "joy" to "disappointment" and "anger"
Because losing his cat twice brought a lot of trouble and unhappiness to the author and his family, he didn't keep a cat for a long time. But soon, a poor kitten broke into the family life again. Because the kitten is not as lively and interesting as the first two, the whole family doesn't like it very much.
The kitten grew up and the accident happened again. A wild cat stole the hibiscus bird from home, but the author mistook it for a domestic cat, and ran after the poor cat with a wooden stick without asking indiscriminately, so that the cat died on the roof of a neighbor's house. The author is much sadder about the loss of this cat than the first two.
Because it was the author's own fault, he misjudged a small creature who could not speak and defend himself. Therefore, the author's conscience was stimulated, and he condemned his anger and abuse. At this time, the author's subjective feelings declined again, from "temporary calm" to "regret"
That is to say, in a short essay, the author's subjective feelings always change six times: from "happiness"-"bitterness"-"joy"-"disappointment", "anger"-"temporary calm"-"regret", which set off each other and become stronger and deeper every time.
These emotional changes are actually the author's real feelings about life, which are expressed through the story of cats. Lovely dead, powerful robbed, unfortunately wronged, it is the portrayal of that unjust society.
The three kittens described by the author have their own characteristics, which are vivid, vivid and vivid. All these show that the author's observation of life is meticulous and his feelings are true, thus giving people a healthy, sincere and simple artistic beauty in artistic expression. ? [5-6]
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