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One day I was sitting in a chair drinking a cup of tea.
My cat came into the room and sat on my lap.
She was quite content, and she sat there purring.
My cat likes to drink water, and sometimes she drinks milk.
I would never give her tea to drink.
Cats just don’t drink tea.
We were sitting there quietly when suddenly my cat stood up.
She was looking at something on the floor.
She crouched down low and got ready to pounce.
It was a huge centipede.
I think that centipedes are ugly.
They have many legs, and they move very fast.
I would hate to have one crawl over me.
I was surprised that she caught the centipede.
She put her paw on it, and then she reached down and ate the centipede.
The centipede must not have tasted very good.
My cat got a funny look on her face, and she looked like she was trying to get a bad taste out of her mouth.
I was thinking that I would be sick if I ate a centipede.
My cat looked at me and jumped back up in my chair.
She stuck her face in my teacup and took a big drink of tea.
I was shocked.
I had never seen a cat drink tea before.
I think that the centipede must have tasted so bad that my cat just needed something to wash the taste out of her mouth
Guess what?
I didn’t finish my tea.
I threw it out and washed out the cup.
My cat has never had a drink of tea since that day.
She has also never eaten another centipede.
If a centipede walks by, she just pretends that she doesn’t see it.
Suatu hari saya sedang duduk di kursi minum secangkir teh. Kucing saya masuk ke kamar dan duduk di pangkuan saya. Dia cukup senang, dan dia duduk di sana mendengkur. Kucing saya suka minum air, dan kadang-kadang dia minum susu. Saya tidak akan pernah memberinya teh untuk diminum. Kucing tidak minum teh. Kami sedang duduk di sana dengan tenang ketika tiba-tiba kucing saya berdiri. Dia sedang melihat sesuatu di lantai. Dia merunduk rendah dan bersiap untuk menerkam. Itu adalah kelabang yang sangat besar. Saya pikir kelabang itu jelek. Mereka memiliki banyak kaki, dan mereka bergerak sangat cepat. Saya akan benci jika ada yang merayap di atas saya. Saya terkejut dia menangkap kelabang itu. Dia meletakkan cakarnya di atasnya, dan kemudian dia meraih ke bawah dan memakan kelabang itu. Kelabang itu pasti rasanya tidak enak. Kucing saya memasang ekspresi lucu di wajahnya, dan dia tampak seperti sedang mencoba menghilangkan rasa tidak enak dari mulutnya. Saya berpikir bahwa saya akan sakit jika saya makan kelabang. Kucing saya menatap saya dan melompat kembali ke kursi saya. Dia memasukkan wajahnya ke dalam cangkir teh saya dan meneguk teh yang besar. Saya terkejut. Saya belum pernah melihat kucing minum teh sebelumnya. Saya pikir kelabang itu pasti rasanya sangat buruk sehingga kucing saya hanya membutuhkan sesuatu untuk menghilangkan rasa itu dari mulutnya. Tebak apa? Saya tidak menghabiskan teh saya. Saya membuangnya dan mencuci cangkirnya. Kucing saya tidak pernah minum teh sejak hari itu. Dia juga tidak pernah makan kelabang lagi. Jika ada kelabang lewat, dia hanya berpura-pura tidak melihatnya.