📖 The Good Luck Cat

A good luck cat has nine lives and is very lucky. Only a few of the cats alive are good luck cats. Woogie the cat is one of them. But, Woogie's nine lives were spent pretty fast. She lost one of her lives when she climbed into a car's motor to warm up and nearly lost her tail, and another for falling out of a tree catching birds. However, her ninth life was soon coming to an end, because one day Woogie went missing. She wasn't anywhere in the house or even the grocery store. Everyone in the neighborhood had not seen Woogie. For many days, Woogie was not seen, and no one could find her. However, on the fifth morning, Woogie turned up on the doorstep, sleeping and happy. This is a wonderful story by the famous poet Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. Laureate. I recommend this book because it is written by Joy Harjo, and its beautiful artwork style.

一只幸运猫有九条命是非常幸运的。而活着的猫当中,只有极少数是幸运猫,Woogie 就是其中之一。不过,Woogie 的九条命花得非常快。她因为爬进汽车引擎里取暖、几乎把尾巴夹断而失去了一条命,又因为在追鸟时从树上掉下来而失去另一条命。然而,她的第九条命也即将走到尽头,有一天,Woogie 失踪了。她不在家里,也不在杂货店里。附近的所有人都没见过 Woogie。好几天里,没有人发现她的踪迹。不过,在第五天的早晨,Woogie 又出现在家门口——睡得香甜、神情满足。这是第一位美洲原住民出身的美国桂冠诗人 Joy Harjo 所写的一个非常动人的故事。我推荐这本书,因为作者是 Joy Harjo,而且书中的插画风格非常优美。