<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMax, paka mwenye pupa wa Joseph, alikuwa kama njaa ya Ruth iliyokuwa imeondoka ndani yake - akizunguka jikoni, akichunguza katika makabati, akiruka juu ya meza wakati wa chakula cha jioni.  <response>: Max, Josephs greedy cat, was like Ruths hunger gone out of her--prowling in the kitchen, nosing in the cabinets, leaping on the table at dinnertime. 