When my aunt's children were small, she decided to get them a puppy. Her neighbor's dog had given 1 to a couple of puppies a few weeks earlier and so my aunt arranged to 2
one of the puppies once they had been weaned(断奶).
The day came to bring home the little puppy and the children were3; they named it Shorty happily and4 welcomed it, preparing its food and a comfortable 5 in a basket. The next day the children gave it some milk before kissing it goodbye and6for school. When they returned, they were 7to discover that Shorty was missing. They8the whole house inch by inch, 9 it was nowhere to be found. A few hours later, the 10 who sold them the puppy came over carrying Shorty,11. He explained that the mother dog had slid into my aunt's house and carried the puppy back to his home.
For a number of days my aunt and her neighbour tried 12 to keep the puppy in his new home, because each day the mother dog would13 it from the tiny bed. Finally, my aunt's neighbour gave up and offered her a refund.
I came to realize that mother's love is flowing all over the places you can imagine 14in the kingdom of animals. By the way, if you would like to keep a puppy as a 15 you might as well keep the mother dog at a distance.
