insearchof:寻找
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2....ifhehappenedtobearoundwhenthedinnerbellrang.
happentobe:恰巧是,碰巧是
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患难见真情
AFriendinNeedIsaFriendIndeed
佚名 / Anonymous
, thesetwolovedeachotherandplayedtogethersooftenthattheyhadwornapaththroughthegrassofthefieldbetweentheirrespectivehouses.
Oneevening, Brownie’sfamilynoticedthatBrowniehadn’’tshowupthenextday, and, despitetheireffortstofindhim, bythenextweekhewasstillmissing.
Curiously, SpottyshowedupatBrownie’, whiningandgenerallypesteringBrownie’, theyjustignoredthenervouslittleneighbordog.
Finally, onemorningSpottyrefusedtotake“no” ,Brownie’sowner, wassteadilyharassedbythefurious, , barkinginsistently, thendartingtowardanearbyemptylotandback, asiftosay, “Followme! It’surgent!”
Eventually, , pastclumpsoftrees, toadesolatespot, , , Tednowwishedhe’dtakenSpotty’.
SpottyhaddonemorethansimplyledBrownie’, Tedfoundanarrayofdogfoodandtablescraps—whichwerelateridentifiedastheremainsofeverymealSpottyhadbeenfedthatweek!
SpottyhadbeenvisitingBrownieregularly, , snugglingwithhimatnighttokeephimwarmandnuzzlinghimtokeephisspiritsup.
Brownie’, thetwofamilieswatchedthefaithfulfriendsfrolicingandchasingeachotherdownthatwell-wornpathbetweentheirhouses.
布朗尼和斯波蒂是邻居,它们每天都会在一起玩耍。与几乎能在任何邻里间找到的成对的狗一样,它们互相倾慕,常在一起,以至于两家之间的草地上已经被它们踏出了一条小路。
一天傍晚,布朗尼的主人发现它没有回家,找了一番也没找到。第二天,依然没有见到布朗尼。尽管人们还在努力寻找,可直到第二周,还是没有找到。
让人不解的是,斯波蒂独自跑到布朗尼的主人家,吠叫、哀嚎,还总是缠着布朗尼的主人们,但他们忙于自己的事,根本不理会邻居家这只精神有点儿问题的小狗。