The Old Cat
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.
Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."
老貓
一位老婦有隻貓，這隻貓很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了東西，因爲它年紀太大了。一天，老貓發現一隻老鼠，它跳過去抓這隻老鼠，然而，它咬不住這隻老鼠。因此，老鼠從它的嘴邊溜掉了，因爲老貓咬不了它。
於是，老婦很生氣，因爲老貓沒有把老鼠咬死。她開始打這隻貓，貓說：“不要打你的老僕人，我已經爲你服務了很多年，而且還願意爲你效勞，但是，我實在太老了，對年紀大的不要這麼無情，要記住老年人在年青時所做過的有益的事情。”
老吾老以及人之老，幼吾幼以及人之幼。作爲社會的一分子，我們應該多關注那些無助的角落，關注孤寡老人，用我們的雙手爲他們送上溫暖，撫慰他們飽經風霜、孤苦無依的心靈，讓他們感受到我們的愛，感受到我們對他們的關懷，感受到人間的溫暖。在物質繁榮的今天，我們的行動可能會讓他們原本平凡的生活更豐富精彩，至少我們的介入使他們的生活少了一分陰霾，多一分笑靨。
