As the sun dipped below the horizon, casting a warm glow over the animal shelter, Sarah walked through the rows of cages until her eyes landed on a small, trembling dog huddled (蜷缩) in the corner. “I think I’ve found the one, ” Sarah whispered softly to herself as she looked into the dog’s sad eyes. This timid, abandoned dog had no idea that a journey of transformation with friendly people lay in store for him.
The shelter staff explained that the dog, named Buddy, had a difficult past and was very shy and scared. Sarah extended a hand, offering a soothing tone, “Hey sweetie, you must have a story to tell, but from now on, you’ve got a buddy in me. ”
Bringing Buddy home was just the beginning of their journey, which was rocky at first for him. Everything was strange and new, causing him to hide under furniture and startle at every sound. Therefore, Sarah provided a cozy bed, delicious meals, and most importantly, heaps of love and comfort.
Slowly but surely, he started to emerge from his shell, wagging his tail tentatively and gazing at Sarah with a glimmer of hope in his eyes. Under Sarah’s patient and loving guidance, Buddy flourished, even learning tricks and commands, and forming a deep bond with his new owner.
The journey of healing turned out to be a success. But Sarah had never expected it would bring about another one.
One day, while scrolling through social media, Sarah came across a heartwarming story about dogs being trained to assist children with autism (自闭症). Those children had social communication difficulties and had few facial expressions and gestures. Without hesitation, she inquired about the program and soon, Buddy was enrolled in training to become a certified therapy(治疗) dog. But she was unsure whether Buddy would be comfortable with the new challenge.
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Their first day at the therapy center was filled with uncertainty.
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As the weeks progressed, Sarah noticed a remarkable change both in the children and Buddy.
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My family live on a farm, in the middle of a small jungle. Every day after school, I go to the fields with my father. Once, at the corner of our field, I encountered a shy baby deer. Naturally, I tried to pet it, but it ran away. Eventually, he started accepting food from me. Soon we were familiar with each other. I called him Choco. I can’t live without him and he can’t live without me.
One day I was playing with Choco on the farm. I sadly noticed two men standing just opposite our farm. I kept on playing till dusk, when I suddenly had to go back to home. As soon as I walked in, Hardy, My dog, greeted us, wagging his tail.
That night, Choco probably went to his hut. I was at home and in bed, but my mind was still with the road and the men. Why did they come to watch us? I was worried. I couldn’t fall asleep as usual.
The next morning, I could find Choco nowhere. I was sure the two men had taken MY CHOCO! My mind was uncontrollable as I followed Hardy in his search for Choco. We finally reached the place. It was a big house, with an open a gate. Hardy jumped in, and I followed him. As was expected, Choco was there beyond the fence. I must rescue him. All of a sudden, a man and a black dog started chasing us, so we ran away.
The next day at school, I met my old cousin. We discussed the matter for hours and finally, an idea came to us.
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When the sun set, we went to the big house where Choco was kept.
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Feeling trapped in her life, Tiffany Kersten would like to do something different to refresh her life. For an enthusiast for birds, there was no more a better choice than a getaway in the suburb in Wichita, in search of a rare species called the fork-tailed flycatcher (叉尾霸鹟), not to mention its healing effects of getting so close to those lovely creatures, and to the nature.
Tiffany Kersten drove east through Kansas at a fast speed, and watched the Rocky Mountains gradually move away from her rear-view mirror; now she passed through a sea of plains. She’d made it all the way to the suburb of Wichita — and slowed down considerably — when she noticed a county police car tailing her.
Kersten slowed her SUV, hoping the officer would speed past. For a moment, it seemed he would. But he flashed his lights. Kersten’s stomach rolled.
Pulling over to the roadside, she took a deep breath. She couldn’t afford to get a ticket (罚单). What worried her more was that only a few hours of daylight remained. If she were going to see this thing through, she had to go now. The police officer approached her window. “Are you looking for the flycatcher?” he asked.
In fact, she was. After flying from her home in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to Denver, Kersten had driven 250 miles to Kansas in search of the rare species — the fork-tailed flycatcher. She hoped to check it off her Big Year list — a bird-watching term for the effort to spot as many species as possible in a calendar year. Kersten was chasing a sighting that someone had posted online earlier that day, indicating that a flycatcher might still be hanging out along this stretch of highway. To her surprise and relief, the officer explained that he too was a birder. He’d even been the one to post the sighting. He gave her detailed instruction to the exact location where he’d seen the flycatcher.
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Instead of writing her a ticket, the officer wished her good luck on her way to the flycatcher.
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Back home, as she posted the picture on her social media, “I was seeking birds; I was free.”
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My family moved from Toowoomba, Canada to London in 1950. My mother was in great pain from the 1950s epidemic of polio (小儿麻痹症). She wished to visit specialists in London. The day before we boarded the ship, Father bade a tender farewell to his five-year-old “friend” at the dock(码头), an Australian cattle dog, Spider, who was loved by us all. Father’s friend Sandy was to be his guardian while we were overseas.
Six weeks later, a letter arrived from Sandy, giving my father the news that Spider had run away just two weeks after we had sailed. I will always remember my father’s face crumbling and his eyes glistening as he read the letter. We tried to comfort him, knowing in our hearts how useless this was. Sandy has advertised constantly on ABC radio and other local newspapers. Despite some “sightings” in the dock at first, the dog was never found later. It seems Spider decided to search for us elsewhere.
We sailed back two years later and re-established our home in Toowoomba. My father immediately began his own searching for Spider. Several months passed but there was still no news concerning Spider. The dog was gone, possibly shot or dead from starvation or exhaustion.
One cold morning eight months after our return, my father had a call from an old lady who said she was putting food out “for a very old dog”. In the night the food disappeared. This had been going on for a few weeks. That was enough for my father to interrupt my homework and we set off immediately. When we arrived at the old lady’s house, she invited us into an old bush. Sadly, she then told us that the “dingo dog” hadn’t been around for a few days. My father had a strange look in his eye. He put two fingers to his lips and did his special whistle(口哨) for Spider.
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Paragraph 1: Suddenly there was a bark in the bush.
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Paragraph 2: From then on, Spider and my father would hang out at the dock.
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When Demetris Payne saw a missed call from her son’s junior high school, she knew something was wrong.
With a sigh, the mom from Shreveport, Louisiana, called back. A school official said her 13-year-old son Jadarien was suspended for three days for talking back to his teacher. She was told to pick him up right away.
“Three days seems kind of hard— why not do in-school suspension?” Payne asked.
But since Jadarien had been in trouble once before, they said he had to leave.
On arriving home, Payne took away her son’s cellphone and video games. She left him with her 70-year-old father who lives with them.
“When I got home from work he’s eating strawberries and having fun with my dad,” Payne said. “It was like a vacation.”
Payne knew she needed to do more to discipline him.
So she handed him a garden tool and asked him to start cleaning up the yard. When he was finished, she told him he’d be volunteering his garden services free of charge for people in need during the three days. “He didn’t believe it,” Payne said. “I can be soft on him and baby him sometimes.”
But Payne was serious. She posted a photo of Jadarien online with the heading, “Yard service-FREE” explaining that he got suspended from school and would clean gardens or wash cars for members of the community over the next three days.
Within hours, some people contacted Payne to request the free service.
So she drove Jadarien from house to house. She stood by the car, watching him work. Jadarien spent about two hours cleaning up the yards of at least eight different homes. When he was finished, Payne took him to the library, where he spent the rest of the day reading and completing his homework.
“We explained to him that these chores (琐事) weren’t to punish, but to teach him a lesson and teach him about discipline,’’ Payne said. ‘‘Whether the teacher is right or wrong, always respect your teachers.”
On Tuesday, Jadarien was happy to finally head back to school.
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Arriving at school, Jadarien met some of his classmates.
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Hardly had the class been over when Jadarien approached to his teacher.
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For my fourteenth birthday, my mom offered to take me and several friends to the city near our small town to visit a mall, eat pizza in the food court, and then catch a movie. Afterward, we would all return to my house for a slumber party (睡衣晚会). It was just the kind of celebration a teenage girl longed for.
On the awaited day, all the friends I’d invited to join me on this birthday trip attended school — except Nora. When it came time to climb aboard the bus and ride together to my home, she still didn’t show up.
I felt confused. Then I felt mad. Why did she tell me she’d come to the party and then break her word without letting me know? By the time we returned to my house, I decided to call Nora. When she answered, I demanded to know why she had forgotten my birthday celebration. “It’s my birthday!” I declared. “You’re not coming to my party, and you didn’t even let me know. What kind of friend are you?”
Nora explained that she had to stay at home because she was sick.
“OK, so you’re sick ... but how was I supposed to know if you didn’t tell me?” I answered. The conversation only grew more heated from there. By the end of it, Nora could only sob sadly as we both hung up the phone.
At the mall that night, all of us had a great time. I hardly gave Nora or her absence from our fun another thought.
At school on Monday, I avoided seeing her. For the rest of the school year, we barely spoke to one another. I started high school the following year. Our friendship had been relegated (降级) to the past. It happens sometimes, I figured, so I just shrugged it off (不在乎).
Years later, I discovered that Facebook had suggested Nora as a friend. We’d attended the same schools, came from the same town, and had many friends in common; it made sense. It was at that moment that I began to reflect on that ugly phone conversation I’d made with Nora all those years before.
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Recalling what had happened that day, I felt a deep regret for what I had done for the first time.
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You never know how big an impact you are making in someone's life. At 1 am, on Saturday, August 25, 2017，Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Houston, Texas. Before this, my family was preparing for flooding, packing food, first aid kits, and planning for the worst. While taking our cats and rabbits upstairs, my friend Tom called and explained their dilemma(窘境). Their area was issued a mandatory evacuation ( 强制疏散) and they had to leave.
With no place to stay, they were on the way to our house. All seven of them, 5 kids, including a newborn came in. Together we prepared their rooms and let them settle in.
After dinner, we turned on the news and saw Harvey coming in. That night none of us could sleep, listening to the wind blowing and rain thundering down. The four year -old told me, carrying the cat,“Saira, the kitty is scared. Can you make the rain stop, please?” With a forced smile, I helped her to bed and let the cat sleep with her. When we stepped out the next morning, we saw the nearby lake completely full of water， which was an amazing yet scary sight. Tom went a lttle further down and came back wet and explained that there was no way they could return home. They ended up staying that day and planned on leaving the next morning.
The next morning, the news reported how jammed (堵塞的) and flooded the roads were in his community. With tears and worried faces, they stayed for a week. Even my cat seemed to understand the terrible situation. Finally , when the roads were cleared, we all went to send them back. On the way, I saw the damage that the hurricane did.
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After reaching their house, I realized they couldn't live in it,
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In the next week, we helped them to fix the house up.
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