8. Cat-hating man

A man hates his wife's cat and he decided to get rid of it. He drove 5 miles away from home and dropped it there. The cat was walking up the yard when he approached1 his home.

The next day, he decided to drop the cat 10 miles away but the same thing happened. He kept on increasing the number of miles but the cat kept on coming home before him. At last he decided to drive a long way, turn right, then left, past the bridge, then left again and another left and soon until he reached what he thought was a perfect spot and dropped the cat there.

Several hours later, the man called his wife and asked her, "Dear, is the cat there?" "Yes, why do you ask?" answered his wife. Frustrated2, the man said, "Put the cat on the phone, I'm lost and I need directions."

Notes:

1. approach 接近，走近

2. frustrated 沮丧，恼怒

讨厌猫的男子

一男子非常讨厌他妻子养的猫，决定把它丢掉。他开车到离家5英里的地方扔掉了猫。可当他回家时，发现猫正在院中漫步。

第二天，他决定把它丢到离家10英里的地方，但结果猫还是回家来了。他把猫一次次扔到越来越远的地方，但它总是能在男子回来之前到家。最后，该男子决定开车到很远的地方，先右拐，再左拐，过了桥，向右拐，接着向左拐，最后到了一个自己认为合适的地方丢下了猫。

几小时后，男子打电话给他的妻子：“亲爱的，猫在家吗？”“在，你问这干什么？”妻子答道。男子恼火地说：“让猫接电话，我迷路了，让它告诉我回家的路。”

Useful link:

世界上有许多动物认路，不管离开家有多远，从来都不会迷失方向。如信鸽是认路高手，它能快速准确地飞回自己的窝里。其原因主要是它靠地球的磁场来确定飞行方向。蜜蜂每天要离开蜂巢飞到遥远的地方去采蜜，它靠空气中的偏振光来定向认路，从而回到自己的巢中，从不失误。