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父亲与狗的温情故事 The Old Man and the Dog(第2/6页)

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WhenIgottohimhewaslaughing。“Wouldyouhelmedownthestairs?”heasked。“Idliketositoutinthegarden。IcanthrowthestickforMeg。”

“Ofcourse,Dad。”I‘dbeenthrilledandfromthatmomenton,he’drogressedinleasandbounds。

Meghadbeenafriendtome,alaymatetothechildren,butshe‘dbeensomuchmoretoDad。She’dbeenwithhimallthetime,keeinghimcomanyforthehourshehadtosendalone。Nowonderheddeclined。Hehadtimetositandbroodandthink,andsadnesshadsettledallaroundhim。

Thefollowingday,IsettledDadinthegardenandleftthechildrenlayingunderhiswatchfuleye。

“Iwontbelong,”Iromised。“Youllbeallright,Dad?Ifyouwantanything,Matthewcangetitforyou。”

“Thanks,love。”Dadsmiled。“Don‘tworry。I’llkeeaneyeonthings。”

IcouldneverrelaceMeg,Iknewthat。ButIcould,erhas,fillavoidinDadslife。

I‘dneverbeentoananimalhomebeforeandwasn’trearedfortheshock。Notonlydogs,butcats,acouleofonies,threeygmygoatsandseveralrabbitswantednewhomes。

Twosistersranthelace。HardlyawareofwhatIwasdoing,Ifoundmyselfouringoutmylifestorytothem。

Bahs,oneofthetwonurses,ledmetotheendoftherowofens。There,intheveryend,IsawSadiesittinginthecorner。Shewasntsittingquietly。Shewashowling-asad,heart-brokennoise。Assoonasshesawus,shestoedandcameovertome,staringatmethroughthewire。Sheseemedtobeweighingmeu。

WhenIokedmyfngersthroughthebars,sheshiedawayfromthem。Isokesoftlytoher,coaxinghertocometome。Afterwhatseemedanage,shecameforwardandlickedmyfngers。

“Shesverygentle,”Iremarked,wonderinghowshewouldtaketomynoisychildren。IdalreadylostmyhearttoherinawayIneverimaginedossible!

“Herownersmovedaway,”Babssaid。“Theyutherinboardingkennels,sayingthey‘dbebackinaweekbuttheyneverreturned。Shewon’tgivehertrusteasily,butifshesgivenenoughlove-well,whoknows?”

“Howcruel!”Igased。“Howcouldthey?”

“Oh,itcouldhavebeenalotworse,”Babscontinued。“Shewasneverhysicallyhurt,butherconfdencehastakenaterriblebattering。Sheneedsconstantreassuranceandcantbeartobealone。”

“Shedneverbealone,”IsaidandSadiewaggedhertailasifsheunderstood。“Andinourhouse,believeme,theresnoshortageoflove!”

WhenIgothome,MatthewandLaurawereoutofsight。Dad,asalways,wasstaringintosace。Hedidntevenbothertoreadanymore,butseemedtosendhiswholelifejustwatchingtimesliaway。

“Dad……”

Heturnedandlookeduatme,takingamomentortwotoregisterthatIwasn‘talone。IlookedatDad’sface。Hestaredatthedogandforanawfulmoment,Ithoughthewasgoingtorejecther。ButDadcouldneverbecruel……hestretchedouthishandandcalledtoher。

“Comeon,lass,”hesaidsoftly。“Iwonthurtyou。”

Atlast,sheventuredutohimandsniffedathisblanket。

“Whatshername?”Dadaskedme。

“Sadie。”

“Hello,Sadie。”

Shesatbesidehim,ressingagainsthislegswhilehestrokedherhead。He‘dnevertiredofdoingthat,justashe’dnevertiredofettingMeg。

“Sheneedsalotoflove,”Isaidandexlainedwhy。

Dadlookedreallyangryforamoment。Hecouldneverstandanykindofcruelty,toanimals,childrenorevenoveradults。

“Well,”hesaidsoftly。“Welljusthavetomakeitutoher。Whatmadeyougetanotherdog?”

“Well,I……”

“No,itsallright。”Dadattedmyhand。“IknowhowyoumissMeg。Thechildrendo,too。She‘llbecomanyforyouandyou’llbeabletogofornicelongwalksagain。PerhasI‘llbeabletotakeaturnwiththewalks。Idon’tintendtosendtherestofmylifesittinghere!”

Itwasthefirsttimeinmonthshedgivenanythoughttothefuture。Itwarmedmyheart。

“Icouldntgofaratfrst,”hewenton。“ButifIgraduallybuildumystrength……”

MatthewandLauraaearedthenandSadiebrightenedu。Sherantogreetthemasiftheywerelong-lostfriends。WhenIlookedatDad,hewaslaughing。

IthoughtoftheeolewhohadabandonedSadieandwonderediftheyreallyknewjustwhattheyweremissing。Itwastheirloss,ourgain。Wewereherfamilynowandwedneverletherdown。Ithinksheknewthat。

Infact,inastrangeway,SadieseemedtotakeoverwhereMegleftoff。

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