So, is the folk wisdom that a cat will gladly eat its dead owner, but a dog would sooner starve, just bunk?

民间流传，猫会欣然吃掉死去的主人，狗却宁可挨饿，难道是一派胡言？

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The cat said: She's upstairs in her room Mourning and grieving, Bemoaning her plight, Because old Mr. Fox is dead.

猫回答说： 「她整天孤零零地坐着，悲伤地哭泣，哎呀，哎呀！ 都是因为狐狸先生过世了。」

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The intuitive answer is that the cat is either alive or dead, but you don't know which until you look.

直觉的答案是猫要么活着要么死了，但你不看是不知道的。

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Before morning, the cat is dead.

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