A Farewell to Jingle Bell

 再见了，当当

It took me a long time for my heart to settle down so I could write this in peace. I knew I have to write this. I simply have to, not out of some sort of responsibility, nor a duty, but instead affection that means so much to me. She wasn’t just a cat. She was a friend. She was the antidote to the troubles in my life.

有很长一段时间，我的心因为当当的离去而不能平静下来，不过我现在可以很平静的把这篇文章写出来了。我之所以要写这篇文章，不是因为我的责任感，更没有人强迫我写，而是缘于我和当当的深深的感情。她已经不是一只猫了。她是我的好朋友。她是我生活中所遇到的困难的解药。

She means so much to me.

她对我的影响太大了。

She was mischievous. I could still remember the day she came here—she started a fight with another kitten and it took me a while to pull them apart. No one knew she would become part of my family for the next year and a half and how important she would eventually be to us.

她很调皮捣蛋。我记得她第一天到来的时候，一进门就跟叮叮打架，花了不少力气才把她们给拆开。当然，那时候没有人知道她会在我们家呆上如此长的时间，没有人知道她最后会给我们留下那么深的印象。

She was a tabby kitten who always seemed to be the most mischievous, the most popular, the cutest one of them all. There was not one person who’s met her who has not loved her on the first sight. She loved humans, and that carefree attitude also applies to other cats. Her optimism was more than enough to carry her through.

她是一只活泼惹事的斑纹猫，但也是最受人欢迎的，因此她也是最可爱的。她就是一个人见人爱的小东西。她很喜欢跟人交往，跟其他猫的关系也是非常的随和。她是一个厚脸皮，而且非常的乐观，因此即使其他的猫不喜欢她，她也无所谓。

She loved eating. People (and pets) who love eating, I think, don’t look at life seriously at all. But that is not a bad thing. In fact, it is a deed to treat life as what it is. You may think that a cat is naïve and doesn’t have the same feelings as a human, so why would this entire ‘life’ thing come up? Well, I think that having being with cats for all those years, I know cats pretty well, and I know what they think of themselves.She was a carefree cat who enjoyed sunbathing, a walk through the bushes and of course, and a taste for fine food. Not just cat food, obviously. Her tongue would never be satisfied if someone only fed her Whiskers. Not only did she enjoy cat food immensely, she also loved toast, pastries of all sorts, stir-fries and steamed fish. We all knew that cats shouldn’t be eating that stuff. But who gives! Life is too short for conformities.

她太喜欢吃东西了。很多人说，喜欢吃东西的动物（包括人）对生活有一种无所谓的态度，但我不觉的这是一件坏事。其实，生活就是生活，不要看那么重。虽然你可能说一只猫那么天真，肯定不会像我们人想的深刻。但从我跟猫交往的这些年中，我觉的猫完全可以决定他或者她的生活将是什么样的生活，而当当的生活则是典型的享乐生活：美食，晒太阳，在灌木中散步。她吃的不仅局限于猫罐头，她也吃我们的食物。她的舌头非常的挑剔：除了吃Whiskers，她还吃吐司，各种面点，炒饭，蒸鱼。我们当然知道猫是不应该吃这些东西的。但是，人生（猫生）太短了，做事情局局促促完全就是在折磨自己。

I have no idea why we called her Jingle Bell. I suppose that ‘empty cans do rattle the loudest’, but that doesn’t mean that she has no sense of direction in her life. For her, life is enjoying whatever is around her to the full, may it be getting a cuddle from one of us, eating or simply hanging around, breathing in the fresh air, thinking how great life really is.

我不知道为什么我们要把她叫做当当。外国有一句俚语：“空罐头往往敲的最响”，叮叮当当的，但是我觉的当当也并不是一个没有生活方向的猫。对她来说，被人拥抱，呼吸新鲜空气和好吃好喝才是最重要的。那样生活才活的有意思。

But alas, all joy must eventually come to an end. No one can ever escape the circle of life and I guess there’s no point of escaping it. But she stayed optimistic through the end. She showed to us that even when you’re struck down by disease, if you have a heart of optimism and perseverance, you will make your life make sense after all. I think that it is wrong to say ‘she stared death in the eye’ or ‘she smiled towards death’, because death is never the end. In fact, death is just the beginning. Mors Principium Est.

你们都知道最后发生了什么了。我只能说，生老病死是不可避免的。但是，当当的乐观精神持续到了最后。虽然自己已经是重病缠身，她的心里还是非常的乐观，非常的坚强。我觉的用“她微笑的面对死神”或者“她温柔的死去”这样的语句不太适合，因为死亡永远不是一个生命的结束。死亡是开始（Mors Principium Est.）

She is in a better place, in heaven, where she will enjoy her ever-lasting cans of ‘whatever she wants’, have a refreshing walk through the clouds of heaven and receive a cuddle from god. Her optimism is her legacy. Her image was her masterpiece. She might have passed away, but her tranquil spirit lives on within us, and when we do see her again in heaven, I can proudly say that she made a difference in us all.

她现在已经上了天堂了，在天堂，她吃什么都可以，可以随时在天堂中的云层散步，甚至天主可以给她一个拥抱。她留下了她的乐观精神。她给我们的印象成了她的杰作。虽然她走了，但是她的精神在我们的心里长存。我们在天堂里再见到她的时候，我可以自豪的说：你真的影响了我们所有人。

转自：拐哥哥的世界: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_472c5e1d0100f5kt.html

本文:包括英文和中文翻译全为拐哥哥所写。