False Alarm 错误的警告

Years ago while attending a dinner party hosted by some friends of mine the hostess served a meal with this delicious mushroom sauce. After the meal there was a small amount left over and the hostess decided1 to allow her pregnant cat to enjoy the treat as well as the guests. The guests all felt it was a great gesture and showed the cat was a member of the family.

The sauce was the highlight of the evening's TOPic of conversation, everyone commented on how delicious it was, and the hostess beamed at all the compliments. One of the guest commented that toadstools were much like mushrooms except for being toxic2, and how funny it would be if such a culinary treat were made from that instead.

As if on cue, the pet cat started crying and squirming on the floor, clutching its belly3. The hostess exclaimed, Oh my God, it's the mushroom sauce!

We all went to the emergency room in a mad rush, and had our stomachers pumped after telling them we had eaten poisonous mushrooms. This was an extremely unpleasant experience.

We got back, the cat was lying on the floor peacefully looking up at us, and had given birth to kittens.

多年前，我参加了一个朋友组织的晚餐聚会，女主人拿出她亲手做的美味的蘑菇沙司来款待大家。 晚饭过后，还剩下一些沙司，因此女主人决定让她那怀孕的猫也像客大家一样享受这美味。在座的客人都感觉，这个伟大的举动表明这只猫就仿佛是家的一员一样。

沙司成为最受青睐的话题，大伙都说沙司简直太美味了。由于遭到夸奖，女主人露出了微笑。其中一个客人说伞菌像极了蘑菇，只不过有毒而已，倘若用它来款待大伙，那真的是太可笑了。

仿佛有了暗示一样，那只小猫咪开始在地板上又叫又滚，并且不停地挠我们的肚子。女主人说道：噢，我的上帝啊，它刚吃了蘑菇沙司呀！

大家所有些人立即赶往急诊室，并告诉大夫大家吃了毒蘑菇。大家都被洗了胃。这可真是一次让人感觉沮丧的历程。

从医院回来将来，那只猫平静地躺在地板上看着大家，它生小猫了！