Westminster is not its usual hive of activity over the summer weeks — but one resident has not been kicking his heels.
While his boss sunned himself in Spain and Cornwall, Larry the Downing Street cat has been earning his keep.
The five-year-old feline, who was brought in last year to help curb a mouse problem at Number 10, has finally recorded a kill.
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“I can confirm that the cat did kill a mouse this morning,” a Downing Street spokesman said.
Larry joined the staff at Number 10 in 2011 after a rat scuttled across the doorstep to the famous building during a live TV broadcast.
His apparently lackadaisical approach to his mousing duties to date had led to speculation that his days serving the PM could be numbered.
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“Larry was sacked after chillaxing too much on the job,” according to a report on Sunday.
(Liberty Times)
威斯敏特市（譯註：英國首相官邸唐寧街十號所在地）在夏季週的活動並不如往常繁忙，但有一位住戶也沒閒著。
當牠的老闆在西班牙與康瓦爾曬太陽時，唐寧街的英國第一貓「賴利」終於證明自己有做好份內工作，而非尸位素餐。
這隻五歲大、去年被帶來以協助遏止（唐寧街）十號鼠輩橫行問題的貓咪，終於首度大開殺戒。
「我能證實，那隻貓今天早上真的殺了一隻老鼠，」唐寧街的一名發言人如是說。
在一隻老鼠於電視實況轉播時匆匆越過這棟知名建築（英國首相官邸）的門階後，賴利在二○一一年十一月十日成為唐寧街十號的一份子。
截至目前為止，牠對捕鼠重任提不起勁的模樣，引發牠為首相服務的日子已進入倒數階段的疑慮。
據一則週日刊登的報導指出：「賴利已因抓老鼠績效不佳，被炒魷魚了。」
（自由時報／翻譯：張沛元）
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