我飞奔到学校。我发现宽恕真的令人精神焕发。
WhenIwasaboutthirteenyearsold， backhomeinIndiana， Pennsylvania， ， 'dfrolicalongsidemewhenI'dgointothewoodstohuntarrowheadsandsnoreatmyfeetwhenI'.
LateonesummerIhadbeenawaytoaBoyScoutcampatTwoLickCreek， andwhenIgothomeBouncewasn'， shegentlytookmeinside."I'msosorry， Jim， butBounceisgone." "Didherunaway？" "No， son， he'sdead." Icouldn'tbelieveit."Whathappened？" Ichoked."Hewaskilled." "How？" ."Well， Jim，" hesaid， "Bogybrokehischain， cameoverandkilledBounce." -doorneighbors' Englishbulldog.Normallyhewaslinkedbyachaintoawirethatstretchedabout100feetacrosstheirbackyard.
， ， 'semptyhouse， hisforlornblanket， hisfooddish， Iseethedwithhatredfortheanimalthathadtakenmybestfriend.
， ， treefoliagegotintheway.
Suddenlyagaspsoundedfrombelow."Jim， whatareyoudoingupthere？" Momdidn'."Comedown， Jim，" ， Iputthesafetyonandletmyselfdownontothesummer-searedgrass.
Thenextmorning， Dad， whoknewmebetterthanIknewmyself， said， "Jim， afteryoufinishschooltoday， Iwantyoutocometothestore."
ThatafternoonItrudgeddowntowntoDad'shardwarestore， ， ， Bogy， tiedtoapost."Nowhere'sthebulldog，" Dadsaid."Thisistheeasywaytokillhimifyoustillfeelthatway." .
Itookthegun， ， browneyesregardingme， pantedhappily， ， 'tsilent； allofDad'steachingaboutourresponsibilitytodefenselesscreatures， fairplay， rightandwrong， .
."Iknow， son，" ： ， 'spresencethatafternoon， butIknowhehadtrustedmetomaketherightchoice.
， whowriggledagainstushappily， hisstubtailwigglingfuriously.
， ."Seemsyou'veforgivenhim， son."
， Ifound， couldbeexhilarating.
