「海鷗在臨死前，將自己產出的蛋託付給了黑貓，要對方將自己的蛋照顧到孵化，並教導小海鷗飛翔。」
《教海鷗飛行的貓》是智利作家路易斯．賽普維達的代表作之一。這本書的故事不複雜，文筆清晰易讀，卻能在短短的篇幅中刻畫清晰的角色，貓之間充滿好笑又可愛的互動，貓對海鷗的照顧充滿了愛，讓人看得又哭又笑。
海鷗肯嘉之所以會死，是因為牠在捕時海中的魚類時，不小心被擴散的石油沾染，羽毛被黏住，飛翔耗盡了牠的力氣。
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牠在死前唯一能求助的對象，是德國漢堡港的一隻黑貓，你就知道這隻海鷗有多絕望。
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而貓要如何孵蛋跟教導海鷗飛行呢？黑貓索爾巴斯求助貓友們，而這些港口貓的性格就跟港邊的人一樣講義氣，「任何一隻港口貓所做的承諾，都和所有港口貓有關」
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於是有貓翻百科全書說該如何孵蛋，有貓專門出一張嘴，有貓喜歡插嘴，但共通點是，他們協助黑貓索爾巴斯，不僅將小海鷗孵出來，取名叫「幸運」，還要幫助「幸運」學會飛行。
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我覺得最動人的地方是，當眾貓發現自己無法幫助海鷗學會飛翔時，他們終於找上人類協助，還是找一名詩人。本書最動人與詩意的地方，就在詩人與貓一同幫助海鷗學會飛行的部分。黑貓索爾巴斯對海鷗說：
「幸運，你會飛。吸口氣，感受一下雨水。雨都是些水滴。在你未來的一生中，會有許多東西為你帶來幸福，水就是其中之一。而每次大雨後還會有別的犒賞出現，那就是風與太陽。張開翅膀，感受一下雨水。」
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如果你閱讀這段時有感受到詩意，那不是你的錯覺。路易斯．賽普維達不僅是小說作者，也是詩人。而我更敬佩的是，他用極為輕巧的方式，帶出海洋環境污染與其他人類的破壞，以及善良能帶來多大的創造能力──能讓沒有母親的海鷗學會飛翔。
而我閱讀完後，心情也和黑貓索爾巴斯一樣：
「索爾巴斯留在原地，靜靜地沉思，分不清到底是雨水還是淚水弄濕了大胖黑貓黃澄澄的眼睛。這隻善良、高貴的港口貓就這樣凝望著天空。」