Josh Lanyon: "Dia bernafas, yang selalu merupakan pertanda baik. Selem...

"Dia bernafas, yang selalu merupakan pertanda baik. Selembut mungkin, aku mengangkatnya, meletakkannya di atas handuk, membungkusnya, dan menaruhnya di mobilku. Saya pergi ke klinik darurat, kucing mendengkur di kursi di sebelah saya. "Siapa namanya?" Pemuda di meja depan bertanya ketika handuk dan kucingku dibawa ke ruang belakang. "Eh ... John Tomkins," kataku. "Itu berbeda," kata resepsionis itu, menuliskannya. "Dia bajak laut," kataku. "Maksudku, Tomkins. Saya tidak tahu tentang kucing itu. (...)"

--- Josh Lanyon

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

He was breathing, which is always a good sign. As gently as I could I picked him up, placed him on the towel, wrapped it around him, and put him in my car. I drove to the emergency clinic, the cat purring on the seat beside me. “What’s his name?” the young man at the front desk asked as my towel and cat were whisked to a back room. “Uh…John Tomkins,” I said. “That’s different,” the receptionist said, writing it down. “He was a pirate,” I said. “I mean Tomkins. I don’t know about the cat. (...)