這也許只是千千萬萬尋貓啟事中的一張,但這張啟事和這隻貓Babou一下子成了網紅。
This may be one of the millions of pet lost and found ads we see everyday, but Babou and the ad to look for her get so many hits online.
尋貓啟事就應該這麼寫,越生動越好,大家都愛上了Babou。
Maybe that is how one should write a Lost and Found ad, ,so that everyone will fall in love with the cat.
先說一下好結果,Babou失蹤了幾天後已經回到憂心的主人懷裡。
First the good news, Babou finally made her way back to the worried owner after a few days.
住在美國北卡州的Babou為什麼一下子在Instragram和Facebook上紅起來?連電視媒體ABCNews等都競相報導了Babou 走丟的事?
Why does the lost ad of Babou received so many hits on Instragram and Facebook overnight? Even many major news outlets like ABCNews reported the story?
哈哈,就因為主人擔心好心人把貓抱走或帶去附近的收容所,所以在啟事裡特別強調Babou是只小混蛋(A jerk)。
The owner is afraid that someone may just pick up Babou thinking that she is an angel, or sending her to a shelter, so she make a point in her ad that Babou is a Jerk.
先看看這個啟事:This is the ad:
於是乎,大家都好奇為什麼主人叫他混蛋?
So how is the cat such a 「jerk」?
主人Irwin說,因為Babou知道我希望她怎麼表現,但她總愛試探我的極限,我們明明給她買了貓抓板,但她不高興時就會故意在我們看著她時走到沙發旁,慢慢的伸出爪子在沙發上劃上那麼一道。
「She knows how she is supposed to behave but she likes to see what she can get away with,」 the owner said. 「She has a scratching post but if she’s mad at us, she』ll wait until we’re looking at her, then she』ll walk over to the couch and stick out one paw and run it slowly down the side of the couch. Like a teenager.」
她會像天使一樣的依偎在你的身邊,然後兩秒鐘後開始攻擊你的腳。
「She』ll snuggle with you and then after 2.5 seconds will do that thing where she』ll attack your foot,」 Irwin added.
」她喜歡爬在我老公的背上,然後那麼高高在上的看著我們。
「She usually sleeps on my husband because he’s warmer,」 she said. 「If he’s sleeping on his side, I』ll wake up and she’s on his hip and she’s staring down at the both of us. She just sits and glares.」
在生人甚至獸醫的面前,大家都覺得她好乖,但一回到家,她就會一副大小姐的模樣:你是不是剛剛直視著我?
「When she’s around new, strange people she’s really good, and when she’s around the vet she’s great,」 she explained. 「But when she’s home, she’s like, 『Did you just look at me in the eyes? Did you make direct eye contact with me?」
Irwin 雖然叫Babou混蛋,但其實他們夫婦倆非常愛這隻很有個性的小貓,這是他們在2011年時在一家超市外的停車場看到的流浪貓,一叫,貓咪就過來了。
Even though Irwin calls Babou a jerk, she and her husband both love the cat very much. They found her outside a Target parking lot in 2011. "She ran across the parking lot and jumped into my arms."
也就是這麼些小事,讓大家都愛上了這個混蛋。Irwin和老公在去年結婚時,甚至把Babou也寫進了他們的結婚宣言:「無論疾病還是健康,無論富裕還是貧窮,我會一直在你身邊,直到死亡將我們分離,或直到Babou完成了她一直在策劃著要佔領地球的願望。」
The cat’s pesky behavior even made its way into Irwin’s husband’s wedding vows: 「I will be by your side for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health until death do us part or Babou finally accomplishes the world domination we both know she is plotting,」 he said on their big day in 2016.