TaraMarie Dorsett

My phone chimed1 a cheerful tune2， and anunknown number flashed on the screen. I hesitated3before pressing the answer button.“Hello？”

“Who is this？ Why did you call me？”a voicelaced4 with age asked.

“I didnt call you，”I answered.

“Yes， you did，” the woman insisted5. “Yournumber came up on my phone.”

“Maam， I didnt call you.”

“Someone used your phone to call me. Who liveswith you？”

I looked around the living room， wondering whatto say next， when my eyes locked on a fuzzy6 face withbright green eyes.

“You know，”I said brightly， “I do have a cat.Maybe she called you.”

“A cat？”A snort7 came through the receiver.

“Shes a very intelligent cat.”I did my best tosound offended8.“Should I ask her if she called you？”

The womans voice softened a bit.“No. Dont lether play with your phone anymore. I dont like phonecalls from people I dont know.”

“Yes， maam. I will talk to her about callingstrangers.”

The lady hung up.

Kit glared at me as I laughed and scooped9 herinto my arms. “You really need to stop using myphone. Dont you have better things to do thanannoy10 old ladies？”

我的電話響起了歡快的旋律，屏幕上閃過一個未知的號碼。我猶豫了一下才按下接聽鍵。“喂？”

“你是誰？你為什么給我打電話？”一個上了年紀的聲音問道。

“我沒給你打過電話，”我回答說。

“不，你打了?！蹦俏慌繄猿终f，“你的電話號碼出現(xiàn)在了我的電話上。”

“女士，我沒有給你打過電話。”

“有人用過你的電話給我打電話。誰和你住在一起？”

我環(huán)顧了一下客廳，想知道接下來該說什么，這時我的目光鎖定在帶著一雙明亮的綠色眼睛的毛茸茸的臉上。

“你知道?！蔽宜实卣f，“我確實養(yǎng)了一只貓。也許它給你打過電話。”

“一只貓？”聽筒里傳來一聲輕哼。

“她是一只非常聰明的貓?！蔽冶M力讓自己的聲音聽起來很生氣。“我要問問它是否給你打過電話嗎？”

那位女士的聲音變得柔和了一些?！安挥昧?。別再讓它玩你的電話了。我不喜歡陌生人打來的電話?！?/p>

“是的，女士。我會和它談談打電話給陌生人的事。”

那位女士掛斷了電話。

姬特瞪著我，我笑著把它抱進我懷里。“你真的需要停止使用我的電話。難道你就沒有比惹惱老太太更好的事情可做了嗎？”

1. chime 鈴或鐘；鳴響

2. tune 曲；曲子

3. hesitate 猶豫；不愿意

4. lace 摻入

5. insist 堅持；堅稱

6. fuzzy 有絨毛的；毛茸茸的

7. snort 發(fā)出哼聲

8. offended 不舒服；生氣

9. scoop 急速地；撿起；抱起

10. annoy 使惱怒；打擾；騷擾