The community library had one rule about Mochi: do not wake the cat. Mochi was orange and white, and she slept on the returns desk from morning until lunch. Ms. Fang said the cat had worked there longer than anyone.
社区图书馆只有一条关于麻糬的规定：不要叫醒这只猫。麻糬是橘白相间的，从早上到中午都睡在还书台上。方老师说，这只猫在这里工作的时间比谁都长。
On a rainy Tuesday, a boy named Jun came in with a problem. He had lost a book about whales and could not remember where he left it. He searched the shelves twice. Mochi opened one eye, then closed it again.
一个下雨的星期二，一个叫俊的男孩带着难题走进来。他丢了一本关于鲸鱼的书，却想不起放在哪里。他把书架找了两遍。麻糬睁开一只眼，又闭上了。
Jun sat down to think. Mochi slid off the desk and walked past him with her tail high. She stopped by the lowest shelf near the window, where the picture books lived. Then she sat down and looked at him.
俊坐下来想办法。麻糬从桌上滑下来，翘着尾巴从他身边走过。它在窗边最矮的那排书架旁停下，那里放着图画书。然后它坐下来，看着他。
Jun followed. Behind a stack of atlases, he found his whale book, slightly dusty but safe. On the cover, a blue whale swam through a painted sea. He laughed and thanked the cat, who was already licking her paw as if nothing had happened.
俊跟了过去。在一叠地图册后面，他找到了那本鲸鱼书，有点灰，但好好的。封面上，一头蓝鲸游过画出来的海。他笑了，向猫道谢，而猫已经在舔爪子，好像什么都没发生。
Ms. Fang had an idea. She cut a cat shape from orange paper and wrote "Mochi's Shelf" on it. They taped it above the shelf. Now every child who lost a book knew where to look first.
方老师有了个主意。她用橘色纸剪出一只猫的形状，在上面写：“麻糬的书架。”他们把它贴在那排书架上方。现在，每个找不到书的孩子都知道先往哪里看。
Jun came back the next week with a book about stars. He placed it carefully on Mochi's shelf. The cat watched from the desk, blinking slowly. Ms. Fang said it was the most orderly the library had ever been, and Mochi purred as if she had planned it all along.
下一个星期，俊又来了，带着一本关于星星的书。他小心地把它放在麻糬的书架上。猫在桌上看他，慢慢地眨着眼。方老师说，这是图书馆有史以来最整齐的时候，麻糬咕噜咕噜地叫着，好像这一切都是它早就计划好的。