One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and brushes and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting the boat, he saw a hole in the boat. He repaired it at once.
The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter’s house and presented him with a nice check, much higher than the payment of painting.
“But this is not for the paint job. It’s for having repaired the hole in the boat,” the owner said.
“But it was such a small service. Certainly it is not worth paying me such a high amount for something so unimportant!”
“My dear friend, you do not understand.
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So, no matter where, when or how, just carefully repair all the ‘holes’ you find.
参考词汇：finish doing; be surprised; let sb do sth; to one’s joy; immediately
A Four-legged Guardian Angel
I just finished cleaning up the snow in the pool in preparation for selling the house. The year before, I had lost my job with the provincial government, and now we almost ran out of all of our savings,
Deep in sadness, I sat typing up resumes for job. Out of the corner of my eye I could see my thirteen-month-old son Forrest playing near our big, gentle, intelligent dog Brigitte. And I recalled this family. the scene of adopting him on a cold winter night. It seemed as if Brigitte was always meant to be in this family.
Thinking of these, I couldn’t help letting out a sigh and continued working. Suddenly, Brigitte began barking furiously and running back and forth to the glass door overlooking our pool. I raced to see what was happening.
Finally, we arrived home, safe and sound. On seeing us, Brigitte began barking excitedly and turning in circles cheerfully Since then, Brigitte never left my son an inch.
The swimming pool witnessed the close bond formed between my families and Brigitte.
参考词汇/结构：
①companion; ②frightened; ③immediately, lift. . . up; ④despite;⑤it was. . . who
