英语故事-TheKing'sCat

1、英语故事The King s CatOnce upon a time in Vijaynagar the menace of rats was increasing ， the king ， Krishnadevrai imported some high pedigreed cats to control the increasing number of rats in the state. Then the cats were distributed and each recipient was also given a cow to feed on the cow s milk.Tena

2、lirama was also present before the king when the cows and cats were being distributed. So he also received a cow and a cat.The very first day Tenali kept before the hungry cat a bowl of boilingmilk. Since the cat was hungry ， sheimmediately pounced upon the milk bowl butwithdrew her mouthas it was b

3、adly singed because of the heat in the milk. The cat becamethat muchscared that she refused to drink even the cold milk. so much so ， that she wouldn t even touch at all. Now Tenali was using the entire milk of the cow for his ownand his family members consumption.After 3 months， a survey was conduc

4、ted by the royal order to assess the effect on the mouse by the cats presence.During the process the health of the cats was also examined.While the health of all the cats were robust and healthy ， the cat which Tenalirama had had become very weal and emaciated.She was conspicuous by her poor health.

5、 Seeing the cats health Raja Krishnadevrai was very angry. He asked Tenalirama in a stern tone ：“Tenali ！ It appears you were ill-treating thecat I gave you. She looks almost dead. Didn t you feed her on the cow s milk I gave you ？”Tenalirama said ：“ Sir ， despite myvaliant effortthe cat refused to

6、have even a drop of milk. She would shy away and won t partake of milk at all. If the cat doesn t likemilk ， how can I have fed her on it ？”Tenali ！ Thundered the king in anger ：“ Don t tellme your concocted stories. Who would believethat a catdoesn t like milk ？” “ Your Majesty ！ Said Tenali in an

7、humbletoneIf you want you can offer milk to the cat. If she acceptsitonly then you can blame mefor ill-treatingof the cat.Immediately milk was brought before the cat. But seeing milk ， the cat tried to run away and refused to have milk. The king was surprised but Tenali had proved his point.Later th

8、e king could find the scars of burn on the cat s face.Then he said ：“Tenali ！ You are very cruel ！ What did yougive boiling milk to this cat to drink？ You got her faceseverely burnt by your callousness ？”“ No sir ！ Tenali explained ： ” I did nothing of sort.I did not force her to drink the boiling h

9、ot milk. I just keptthe bowl before her. It was for her to see whether the milk was hot or cold. “Later ， the king said ：“ I know Tenali that it isdifficult to win over in arguments. But you must tell me severely as to why did you do so ？”Smiling ， Tenalirama replied ：“Your Honor ！ Thecats can also fill their bellies by eating rats and other things.I think the cows milk should not be wasted on the cats b