Mike was an ordinary cat. He had two ears, four paws（爪子）and a short tail. Wait a minute! A short tail? All the other cats that Mike had seen had 1ails, so Mike decided to2a long tail.

    Mike travelled far and wide, trying to 3a long tail. Along the way, he spoke with many cats that had long tails. “Mike, what a (n) 4 cat you are!” they would say. “We have never seen a cat with a short tail.” The cats would sit around Mike, 5all kinds of questions about what it was like to have a short tail. Mike often found himself telling stories of how he could sleep in front of warm fireplaces, never having to6 whether someone was going to step on his tail. It wasn't long before Mike became 7! More cats came to him to hear his8 stories.

Soon, Mike 9 that he had left home in order to find a long tail! Maybe being a cat with a short tail wasn't so 10. Because of his unique (独一无二) tail, Mike had made many friends. “I guess being one of a kind is not so bad after all,” Mike thought. “I think I'll keep my short tail.”