They are large ground squirrels, about the size of an average house cat.

它们是大型的地松鼠，大约是一只普通家猫的大小。

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There is little doubt that house cat first developed naturally from ancient wild cats.

几乎毫无疑问的是，家猫最初是由古代野猫自然进化而来的。

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Not a house cat, not a mouser in a barn in some green forest town, but a lioness or a jungle panther.

不是家猫，不是某个绿色森林小镇谷仓里的捕鼠动物，而是母狮或丛林豹。

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And it talks. As the cat entertains the children it creates complete disorder in the house.

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But the produce comes from the ranch of owners Catherine and Joe Bartolomei (sister and brother, not husband and wife) just up the road in Forestville, and a quartet of chickens roam the property. (Granted, they live in a peaked-roof house well padded with straw and furnished with a heat lamp.) Then there is that quintessential inn amenity, a house cat.

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