A: So, I used to treat my cat the way you would treat a dog, but he wouldn’t let me stroke him or hold him, and it wounded my self-esteem.
B: You have to wait for cats to come to you. You need to be kind to them, and speak softly to them, and then ignore them, and when the time is right, they will naturally get close to you.
A: Cats really are inscrutable creatures. No wonder people are often divided into “dog people” and “cat people.” I’m definitely a dog person, and I’m quite like a dog myself: I’m pretty easy-going.
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B: Cats run hot and cold. Is there any other animal quite as mysterious, quite as untamed, with bright eyes that you can lose yourself in, as the cat?
A: Are you sure you’re talking about a cat, and not your one true love?
A: 原來我以前都用對待狗的方式對待貓,貓不給摸不給抱,我的自尊心就受到打擊。
B: 你要等貓自己來找你。你要對牠釋出善意,溫柔地跟牠說話,然後就不要去理牠,等時機到了,牠自然就會接近你了。
A: 貓真是太難搞了!難怪有人把人分成擁狗派和擁貓派,我想我鐵定是擁狗派,因為我比較好相處。
B: 貓就是這麼若即若離啊!有什麼動物像貓一樣神秘、狂野,眼睛那麼亮、那麼深邃?
A: 你確定你說的是貓,不是情人嗎?
(Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times/台北時報林俐凱)
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