It is around midnight when Louise wakes up. At first she doesn't know what wakes her up, but suddenly she hears a noise. It is coming from downstairs(楼下). She is afraid and doesn't want to get out of her bed because it is dark and she can't see anything. She decides to go and find what the sounds are. She gets out of her bed and goes downstairs. It is very dark, so she has to walk slowly and carefully. She doesn't want anybody to hear her.
The noise is coming out of the kitchen, so that is where she wants to go first. She puts her head around the door and sees a big shadow(影子). It looks like a tiger. Louise walks slowly into the kitchen, turns on the light and sees…
She sees her cat licking(舔) the milk off the floor. It knocks its bowl over and is now licking everything clean again. That is the noise.
She gets herself a glass of water and goes straight back to bed.
