原版英文故事与诗歌：The cat that walked by himself（在线收听）

 　　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!
 
　　Rudyard Kipling
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