A German court heard an unusual case last week. Some neighbors are fighting over a roaming cat. You might say that they are fighting like cat and dog.
Both families claim to own the reddish tabby cat. The name of the cat is Chico or Cheeko depending on which side of the fence it is on.
"My boy found Chico in summer 2004 in our backyard," said the father of one family. "It has been our cat ever since."
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"Cheeko is a cat that the parents of my ex-girlfriend gave me in autumn 2004," said the other neighbor. Both families live in the town of Seelze, northern Germany. The neighbors used to go on vacation together, but are no longer speaking to each other.
The court in Hanover has heard 15 witnesses as it attempts to reconstruct the cat's true story.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH DPA)
德國法院上週接到一個很不尋常的案例，兩戶鄰居為了一隻流浪貓爭執不休，可說到了水火不容的地步。
這兩戶人家都聲稱這隻紅棕色的虎斑貓是自己所有，這隻貓咪的名字叫做「齊可」或是「奇哥」，端視牠在哪家的院子裡。
「二ＯＯ四年夏天，我兒子在我們家院子裡發現了齊可，」其中一家的父親說：「從那時起牠就是我們家的貓了。」
另一戶說：「奇哥是我前女友的父母在二ＯＯ四年秋天送我的貓。」這兩戶人家都住在德國北部的希爾茲，他們以前常一起出去度假，可是現在雙方再也不跟彼此說話了。
漢諾瓦法院傳訊了十五位證人，希望能弄清楚貓咪事件的來龍去脈。
（德通社／翻譯：袁星塵）
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