古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
乱世猫
near the end of the american civil war, while visiting general grant's headquarters in city point, virginia, president lincoln came upon three kittens in a telegraph hut. as they appeared to be lost and were wandering around meowing, lincoln took one of the kittens up."where is your mother?" he asked.
"the mother," someone explained,"is dead."
"she can't grieve as many a poor mother is grieving for a son lost in battle," lincoln remarked, collecting the other kittens."kitties, thank god you are cats, and can't understand this terrible strife that is going on. poor little creatures, don't cry; you'll be taken care of." he then asked colonel bowers to"see that these poor little motherless waifs are given plenty of milk and treated kindly".
