幾則奇妙卻真實的故事

1. A survived cat一只幸存的貓

A feral cat in Bartlett， Tennessee， USA， survived for 19 days with a jar stuck on its head. Tabitha Cain， 25， has fed the cat， which she has named Wild Oats， for several years. The family saw the cat a number of times with the peanut butter jar on its head and tried in vain to catch it. The Cain family feared the worst after not seeing the cat for a week.

在美國田納西州一個叫巴特利特的地方，有一只還未被馴服的貓把頭卡在一個罐子里，并帶著這個罐子度過了19天。這只貓由25歲的塔比瑟#8226;凱因喂養(yǎng)多年，她管它叫Wild Oats。塔比瑟#8226;凱因一家人多次看見這只貓頭上罩著一個花生醬罐子并試圖用爪子把罐子撥下，可總是無濟(jì)于事。在這只貓一周都沒有出現(xiàn)后，塔比瑟#8226;凱因一家擔(dān)心極了。

They found the once-chubby cat later， too thin and weak to flee. They caught her with a fishing net and used some oil to get the jar off her head. They gave her water and treated her wounds and on Friday she began to eat again.

他們找到這只貓時，發(fā)現(xiàn)這只曾經(jīng)肥胖的貓已經(jīng)瘦弱到連逃跑的力氣都沒了。他們用一個漁網(wǎng)將這只貓捕獲，用大量油潤滑將罐子從這只貓的頭上摘下來。他們給這只貓喂水，醫(yī)治傷口，周五這只貓就開始正常進(jìn)食了。

\"I've heard of cats having nine lives but I think this one has 19 because she survived 19 days\" ， commented Tabitha's mother. Memphis vet， Gerald Blackburn， added that the cat may have lived off of its excess fat.

“我聽說過貓有九條命，但我想這只貓有十九條命，因為它艱難度過十九天后依然幸存下來?！彼壬哪刚f到。孟斐斯獸醫(yī)杰拉德#8226;布萊克本補(bǔ)充說，這只貓能夠幸存下來可能靠的是它那肥厚的脂肪。

2. Someone Loves Me有人愛我

I would not like to meet the dog in the photo， but I bet it's someone beloved pet.

我不太喜歡下面這張照片上的狗狗，但我確信它一定有個寵愛它的主人。

3. Strange - but -true Story of the Cigars雪茄奇怪卻真實的故事

A man from Charlotte， North Carolina， having purchased a case of very expensive cigars， insured them against， among other things， fire. Within a month， having smoked his entire stockpile， the man filed a claim against the insurance company， stating that the cigars were lost \"in a series of small fires\".

在美國北卡羅來納州的夏洛特，有個人買了一盒非常昂貴的雪茄，并給他的雪茄買了份保險，保險的責(zé)任內(nèi)容中包括火。一個月之內(nèi)，他把整盒煙全抽完了，他要求保險公司做出賠償，聲稱他的雪茄在“一系列的小火”中損失了。

The insurance company refused to pay， citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The man sued – and won.

保險公司拒絕賠償，援引理由是：此人以正常的方式消費了雪茄。于是，此人便把保險公司告上法庭，結(jié)果，他勝訴了。

In delivering the ruling the judge， agreeing that the claim was frivolous， stated nevertheless that the man held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure against fire， without defining what it considered to be \"unacceptable fire\"， and was obliged to pay the claim. Rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid the man $15，000 for the rare cigars he had lost \"in the fires\".

在宣判最終裁決時，法官也認(rèn)為這個上訴有點無理取鬧。法官稱此人緊抓住保險公司的一條條例，條例內(nèi)容準(zhǔn)許為雪茄保險，保險責(zé)任包括火，但沒有明確說明何所謂“不可接受的火”，所以保險公司不得不給付賠償金。不想與這樣費時而訴訟費又頗高的官司周旋下去，保險公司接受裁決，此人在那“一系列的小火”中損失的稀奇的雪茄賠付15000美元。

After he cashed the cheque， however， the company had him arrested on 24 counts of arson. With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him， the man was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24，000 fine.

然而，此人把支票兌換成現(xiàn)金之后，保險公司以故意縱火罪上訴他，他被逮捕。保險公司用他先前要求賠償所憑借的理由及先前的證詞還擊了他。此人被證明犯有故意給自己受保險的財物縱火，被判處24個月的監(jiān)禁及24000美元的罰款。