原文
The stately animal had stopped washing her face and was looking at him
curiously. She met his onslaught with one contemptuous sweep of her
capable paw. Rusty went rolling helplessly over on the rug; he picked
himself up dazedly. What sort of a cat was this who had boxed his ears?
He looked dubiously at the Sarah-cat. Would he or would he not? The
Sarah-cat deliberately turned her back on him and resumed her toilet
operations. Rusty decided that he would not. He never did. From that
time on the Sarah-cat ruled the roost. Rusty never again interfered with
her.
語彙など
- stately:堂々とした
- onslaught:突撃
- contemptuous:蔑んだ
- rug:じゅうたん
- dazedly:ボーッとして
- box:殴る
- dubiously:疑わしげに
- deliberately:わざと
- toilet:身じまい
- roost:休み場所
- interfere:邪魔する