一个人回到家，发现一只巨大的老虎在他的床上打盹

一个人回到家，发现一只巨大的老虎在他的床上打盹

No one likes to come home to neighbors screaming and pointing at your doorway.

没有人喜欢回家时看到邻居们尖叫着指着你的门口。

That would suggest something is amiss.

那就说明出了问题。

And, indeed, when a man identified only as Motilal peered inside his village home in northeastern India earlier last week, he realized the neighbors' concerns were somewhat justified.

的确，上周早些时候，当一名被称为Motilal的男子在他位于印度东北部村庄的家中窥视时，他意识到邻居们的担忧在某种程度上是有道理的。

There was, after all, a royal Bengal tiger napping on his bed.

毕竟，有一只孟加拉虎在他的床上打盹。

A royal Bengal tiger found her way into a man's home last week — and made herself comfortable. (Photo: Wildlife Trust of India)

And sure enough, a team from the conservation group Wildlife Trust of India soon found their way to the village in the northeastern state of Assam.

果不其然，印度野生动物保护组织的一个小组很快就找到了通往东北部阿萨姆邦这个村庄的路。

They tranquilized the tiger to keep her calm until nightfall, when they woke her up with firecrackers, according to tweets from the organization. Then they ensured the nearby highway was clear for her to cross, ultimately making sure the tiger was back on dry ground in the forest that night.

据该组织的推文称，他们给老虎注射了镇静剂，让它保持冷静，直到夜幕降临，然后用鞭炮把它叫醒。然后，他们确保附近的高速公路畅通无阻，让它可以通过，最终确保老虎那天晚上回到了森林里的干地上。

These days, there's also a lot of compassion for fellow victims in a region wracked by monsoons. Indeed, the country's northeast, as well as Nepal and Bangladesh, have been hit particularly hard by heavy rains this year. So far, at least 150 people are reported dead in northeastern India alone, as well as hundreds of animals, many of them from Kaziranga National Park.

这些天来，在遭受季风破坏的地区，人们对其他受害者也表现出了极大的同情。事实上，这个国家的东北部，以及尼泊尔和孟加拉国，今年遭受了特别严重的暴雨袭击。据报道，仅在印度东北部就有至少150人死亡，另有数百只动物死亡，其中许多来自卡齐兰加国家公园。

The exhausted animal had fallen asleep with her head resting on her arm. (Photo: Wildlife Trust of India)

Assam is particularly vulnerable to summer monsoons, with peak rainfall reaching nearly three inches per hour. That's enough to incite the Brahmaputra River to overwhelm its forested embankments.

阿萨姆邦特别容易受到夏季季风的影响，最高降雨量达到每小时近3英寸。这足以刺激雅鲁藏布江淹没其树木繁茂的河堤。

This tiger, who had been spotted earlier crossing a national highway, was likely among droves of animals fleeing the forest for higher ground in the hills. She just happened to find an open door and an empty bed to ride out the floods in comfort.

这只老虎，早些时候被发现经过一条国家高速公路，很可能是一群动物要从森林中逃到更高的山上。它只是碰巧发现一扇开着的门和一张空床，可以舒服地渡过洪水。