Winds howled. Branches shook. Rain poured down. A boy found1 under a tree. Then he noticed a cat hiding under a bush. The cat meowed and raised a paw（爪）2 calling him over. The boy raced through the rain and took the cat. Just then，lightning3 the tree.
When the rain stopped，the boy hurried home，with the cat in his arms. His mother saw the cat." Not another mouth to4 !" she said，5 her head." This cat saved my life，" the boy begged." Please may I6 it？"" His mother insisted，" We have7 enough food for ourselves. It must go."
The boy watched sadly as the cat walked away and disappeared from8 .
The next day，the boy looked for the cat when he went fishing. But there's no cat. And he hadn't caught any9 .What would he and his mother eat for dinner？
That afternoon，the boy created a clay（黏土） cat with a10 paw to look like the cat that had saved his life. He displayed it in the front window. A man stopped to buy it. The boy didn't want to11 another cat. But with that money，he could buy rice for dinner. The man left with the cat，and the boy rushed to the shop.
Day followed day. Each day，the boy watched for the cat. While he12 ，he made another clay cat. Each day，a passer-by stopped to buy the clay cat.
And then one day，the cat13 ，with a large fish in its mouth.
At dinner，the14 of baking fish filling the house，the boy asked again，" Please may I keep it？" This time his mother15 and smiled，" this is a good- luck cat."
