Little Hands, a raccoon (浣熊) without parents, was just a few weeks old when it was found all alone on the side of the road. It was early June, and all the wildlife rescue centers (救助中心) in the area were already full. Then Nikki Robinson decided to take it home.
While Robinson was busy with her work, her mom, Linda, was retired at home. So after Robinson made it clear that she wouldn’t have grandchildren soon, Linda became Little Hands’ mom. “The first time my mom bottle-fed it and it looked up at her, her heart was greatly warmed,” Robinson said. “She treated it very sweetly early on because it liked to be touched a lot. So she created a strong connection with it, even knowing it would go back to the wild some day.”
Little Hands grew up strong, and by the end of the summer, it struck out on its own. But Little Hands kept coming back and remained friendly with the whole family and it was very kind and sweet with them. “My mom has a bench where she sits outside, and it would come up and climb onto the bench and sit beside her,” Robinson said. “It snuggled (依偎) up to my mom, and then it would have its food and run off. ”
Since Little Hands left the house, Linda has taken in many raccoon babies that have no parents. And each year, the raccoons she releases (释放) into the wild continue coming back. “Every day, she sits outside and waits, and even when they’re grown up, they’ll visit her and she just loves it,” Robinson said.
Because of Linda, the little raccoons are able to live out their lives in the wild, but just like her human children, they know they can always come home to Mom for a snack and a hug.
34. What caused Robinson to take Little Hands home?
A.She wanted to keep a pet. |
B.She found it had nowhere else to go. |
C.She noticed it was badly hurt. |
D.She wanted it to play with her mom. |
35. What can we learn about from Paragraph 2?
A.Linda failed to take good care of Little Hands. |
B.Little Hands finally found its mom in the wild. |
C.Little Hands was afraid of going back to nature. |
D.Linda had a close relationship with Little Hands. |
36. What does the writer mean by saying “it struck out on its own”?
A.Little Hands completely lived on its own. |
B.Little Hands went to the rescue center by himself. |
C.Little Hands began to live in the wild alone. |
D.Little Hands went away with other raccoons. |
37. Why does Linda always stay outside?
A.To wait for the raccoons’ visits. | B.To enjoy the beauty of nature. |
C.To play with her grandchildren. | D.To teach the raccoons survival skills. |
38. What’s the best title for the passage?
A.How to get on with wild animals | B.An interesting but dangerous job |
C.A woman and her special children | D.How to help animals live well in the wild |