我养过一只猫，很喜欢抓鱼。于是找了一首小诗来吓唬他：On the death of a favorite cat, drown in a tub of Goldfishes——题目就够可怕的了——看了这个题目，就知道说什么了。那是一首寓言诗，故事都会编，要紧的是最后的总结，每个好奇的小猫都该牢记在心： 所以呀，别上当了小妞妞，要知道走错一步就不能回头。胆子大也要多小心，让你动心眼儿的可没好来头，那闪光的玩意儿不过是一个烂煤球。

From hence, ye beauties, undeceived,

Know, one false step is ne'er retrieved,

And be with caution bold.

Not all that tempts your wandering eyes

And heedless hearts, is lawful prize;

Nor all that glisters, gold.

最后一句好有名啊！作者是大名鼎鼎的Thomas Gray，写过最美的英文诗《墓园挽歌》（Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard）。那首诗里有几行一样诱惑我们心眼儿的句子：

Full many a gem of purest ray serene,

The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear:

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,

And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

宝石在幽深的海底发光，花儿在荒漠的空气里吐露芬芳……因为这一点，还会有好奇的人和好奇的猫向往那无限幽深的海洋和荒漠的天空。