Marie Lucas lives in Virginia, U. S. A. One day, she went to a local shelter (收容所). There, two colorful notes ________ her eye. They were hanging from a dog house. A dog named Duquesa was living in it. The letters were written in ________ handwriting. One of them said, “I am ________ and short haired. I don’t bark all the time. And I love cuddles (拥抱). Please adopt me!”

The five-year-old dog had been at the shelter for some time. Duquesa had ________ with walking. This had made it ________ for the dog to find a home. But thanks to the lovely notes, the dog got noticed—Lucas ________ in love with Duquesa and finally adopted the dog.

Who wrote these letters? Well, they were ________ of a class project (项目) designed by Kensey Jones. She is a second-grade teacher in Virginia. She came up with the ________ for the project in order to help shelter animals find homes more ________.

Jones ________ 24 animals at the shelter. She printed out pictures of them and ________ them to her students. The second-graders were very ________ the project. They wrote letters to convince (说服) people to adopt the animals. Luckily, their letters ________! Whenever an animal was adopted, Jones would tell her students. And the whole class would ________ together. In the end, all 24 animals ________ their homes!