Mark and his brother Jamie rang their neighbor Mrs Grady's doorbell." You know her better than I do, Mark. You do the talking."
" Hi, Mrs Grady," said Mark when she opened the door." Would you like us to shovel (铲除) the side walk and driveway?"
Shoveling the snow was Jamie's idea, a way to make enough money for a new video game that came out the next day.
Mrs Grady touched her hand to her heart." That would be wonderful, boys. The work is too much for me."
"It will cost 10 dollars," Jamie said.
"If that's OK," Mark said.
" Oh dear," Mrs Grady sounded a little disappointed." I haven't been able to get to the bank. I can offer homemade cookies, but I guess that's not what you had in mind."
Mark was going to say that Mrs Grady could pay them another time, but Jamie cut him off." We'll come back later."
It still snowed heavily. As they walked through the snow out of Mrs Grady's driveway, Mark glanced over his shoulder. Mrs Grady stood at her window, watching them.
Mark suddenly thought of how she helped him last summer. She didn't look like a strong person who'd come to rescue last summer when Mr Dunn's collie (牧羊犬) Goldie got away from her backyard. Goldie had just wanted to play, but Mark didn't feel comfortable around big dogs. And Goldie had boxed him in between the wooden fence and the cedar hedge (雪松树篱). Mark tried to call for his dad, but his tongue seemed locked behind his teeth.
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Then Mrs Grady's front door had flown open.
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And now Mrs Grady needed Mark as much as he'd needed her last summer.
