Mother Mouse

    A mother mouse was out for a stroll with her babies when she spotted¹ a cat crouched² behind a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat watched the mice.
    Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, woof!" The cat was so terrified that it ran for it's life.
    Mother mouse turned to her babies and said, "Now, do you understand the value of a second language?"

1 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

2 crouched   

v.屈膝，蹲伏( crouch的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He crouched down beside her. 他在她的旁边蹲了下来。
• The lion crouched ready to pounce. 狮子蹲下身，准备猛扑。