Ellery 和Bowen为猫咪Tom造的扶梯

　　伦敦有对情侣养了只11岁的猫咪“汤姆”，但是汤姆患有关节炎，爬跃能力大为受限。情侣俩担心它就此怠于活动，就量身定制了一架旋梯，以便它爬过院子的围栏去领略外面的世界。有此主人，夫复何求？

　　Adrienne Ellery’s tabby cat Tom has been getting on in years. He’s 11-years-old and arthritis has made his joints creaky and his bones tired。

　　Adrienne Ellery的花猫Tom逐渐老了。它11岁了，患有关节炎，骨头疲倦。

　　Like other elderly animals suffering from arthritis, Tom can’t jump like he used to and the garden fence that blocks his passage into the wide world beyond the garden proved to be too much for him。

　　像其他患有关节炎的老了的动物一样。Tom不能再和过去一样能跳过花园的栅栏了。花园的栅栏挡住了它通往外面广阔世界的路，因为现在它不可能再跨越这道栅栏了。

　　That’s when Ellery’s boyfriend, Gareth Bowen decided to build a spiral staircase for the impaired cat which allows him to scale the fence in steps instead of leaping it a single bound like a feline Superman。

　　Ellery的男友，Gareth Bowen决定给这只体弱受损的猫咪做一个螺旋的扶梯，这样它就能顺着扶梯一步步翻过栅栏，而不是像过去像一个超人神猫一样跳跃几下就能翻过去。

　　According to Ellery and Bowen, Tom learned how to use to staircase quickly which proves that cats are intelligent – a dog would never figure it out. Tom mounts the stairs daily to exercise and socialize with the neighborhood cats。

　　Ellery 和Bowen说， Tom 很快就学会怎样快速地爬过栅栏，证明这只猫咪还是很聪明的，狗是永远学不会的。Tom现在每天爬扶梯锻炼身体，以及找邻院的猫咪玩。

　　本文选自《七里泡沫》新浪博客，点击阅读原文。