A CERTAIN HOUSE was overrun with Mice. A Cat, discovering this, made her way into it and began to catch and eat them one by one. —
有一间房子被老鼠们占领了。一只猫发现了这一点，她进入房子，开始一个一个地捉住老鼠吃掉。 —

Fearing for their lives, the Mice kept themselves close in their holes. —
老鼠们为自己的生命感到担忧，他们躲在洞里不敢出来。 —

The Cat was no longer able to get at them and perceived that she must tempt them forth by some device. —
猫无法再接近它们，意识到必须用一些诡计来诱使它们出来。 —

For this purpose she jumped upon a peg, and suspending herself from it, pretended to be dead. —
为此，她跳到一根钉子上，悬挂在那里，假装死了。 —

One of the Mice, peeping stealthily out, saw her and said, “Ah, my good madam, even though you should turn into a meal-bag, we will not come near you.”
一只老鼠偷偷地探出头，看见猫后说道：“噢，好夫人，即使你变成一个食物袋，我们也不会靠近你。”